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Residents' vehicles on Rockville Drive block the entrance into the site earmarked for survivors of the Carrickmines fire
Image: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie
Residents' vehicles on Rockville Drive block the entrance into the site earmarked for survivors of the Carrickmines fire
Image: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie
A POLL HAS found that more than half of people in Ireland would oppose the accommodation of Travellers in their community.
The latest Claire Byrne Live/Amárach Research poll has found that 56% of people would oppose Traveller accommodation in their community.
Just 28% indicated that they would not oppose Travellers being accommodated in their area, while 16% say they don’t know.
The poll result comes amid an ongoing stand-off in Carrickmines over proposals to build a temporary halting site to accommodate Travellers impacted by the tragic fire in south Dublin over a week ago which left 10 people dead.
Local authority officials are still trying to convince a group of residents on Rockville Drive to allow contractors access to a proposed temporary halting site to house the families.
The same poll found that 52% of people agree with the residents who are opposing the establishment of the temporary halting site, while 28% disagree and 20% say they don’t know.
Among those opposed to Travellers being accommodated in their community, opposition is stronger among men than women (61%-52%).
People aged 25 to 34 (60%) are more likely to oppose Travellers being accommodated in their community than those aged 55 and over (53%).
More people in the ABC1 social class are more opposed to Travellers being accommodated in their community than people in the C2DEF class, the poll also finds.
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