Tyrrelstown families advised to stay put as investment fund sells their homes
Sinn Féin councillor Paul Donnelly has tonight hosted a meeting with the residents of Cruise Park in Tyrrelstown.
The meeting was organised to hear the concerns of the residents after they were notified of their pending evictions.
Up to a hundred families face losing their homes in the west Dublin housing estate - with 40 families have already been sent notice to quit their rented homes.
Cllr Donnelly says they are committed to stand with the residents through the process.
"It was very clear from the meeting that they want to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them, and they want the community at large to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them.
"If it comes to the situation that they have no alternative accommodation and they have to stay in that accommodation, we gave an absolute commitment that we (SF) would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them."
The chair of housing organisation Threshold has advised families under threat of being thrown out of their homes in a west Dublin housing estate to stay put.
At least 40 families have been sent notice to quit their rented homes in Cruise Park estate in Tyrrelstown after the owner - an investment fund - sold the homes.
Threshold is holding a meeting tonight in Tyrrelstown for concerned families.
Threshold chairperson Senator Aideen Hayden described the situation as a "mass eviction".
"People will find very quickly that there's nowhere else to go," she said.
"I've never suggested in my whole life that people should disobey the law, but in situations like this my advice to people would be to stay where you are."
