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that it has bought 17 houses in Clare. A spokesperson con- firmed that the houses were bought
within the past two years.
She said the council was free to purchase housing “inside or outside the boundary”, but refused to say where the houses were located.
A rescue and regeneration initiative for Limerick’s troubled Moyross area means that people have to be relocat- ed while work is taking place. It has not been confirmed that these resi- dents are bring relocated to Clare.
Mayor of Clare Patricia McCarthy said she was concerned as to how the
city council would manage the hous- es it has bought in Clare.
“If the council is applying a strengthened criteria for the new regeneration area then the same cri- teria should be applied in all local authority allocation and HSE rent subsidised housing,” she said.
“IT would be concerned if the city council was concentrating on buy- ing houses on the Clare side of the boundary rather than on the Limer- ick side,” she said.
She said she would also be con- cerned if all of the houses were lo- (OF: Ker OMB NOUN Ol omCT NO GlomreR Rotem
Corbally’s Des Long who 1s chair- man of the Munster Republican Sinn Fein Executive said, “Exporting those involved in anti-social behav- iour by stealth to Clare is no solution to Limerick’s housing problems.”
East Clare Councillor Pascal Fit- zgerald said he would be demanding to know where the houses had been purchased.