New homes for travellers vandalised

A Number of newly-built houses allocated to travelling families in Coalisland, Co Tyrone, have been attacked

A Number of newly-built houses allocated to travelling families in Coalisland, Co Tyrone, have been attacked. Water pipes have been cut through, causing flooding, and anti-traveller graffiti have been daubed on the walls of the unoccupied houses on the Innismore estate. Seventeen new dwellings, all nearing completion, had been allocated to families from both the travelling and settled communities.

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