Margaret and Joe Moorehouse, Sharon and Michael O’Brien sue Wicklow council

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Margaret and Joe Moorehouse, and Sharon and Michael O’Brien, launched High Court judicial review actions against Wicklow County Council, reported on 6 March 2017, over emergency accommodation applications. The families live in caravans on an unserviced former rock yard at Burnaby Road, Greystones.

They say the caravans are small and substandard, while the site lacks basic services including running water. Their lawyers said the council had not responded to their applications for emergency accommodation.

Mr Justice Seamus Noonan granted permission to bring the proceedings on an ex-parte basis and returned the matter to May.