Height Barriers

Freire_16

Hi folks,

I am new to this so will give it a shot at least! On a recent trip around a small part of the west of Ireland i started to notice that there seemed to be a large number of Height Restriction barriers at access points to beaches, car parks, shopping centers etc.. This was annoying as i had a high top camper van with me. Can anyone explain why these barriers have been erected? Why are they needed?

Thanks!

coylemj

Travellers.

BuffyBot

Freire_16 wrote: »

Hi folks,

I am new to this so will give it a shot at least! On a recent trip around a small part of the west of Ireland i started to notice that there seemed to be a large number of Height Restriction barriers at access points to beaches, car parks, shopping centers etc.. This was annoying as i had a high top camper van with me. Can anyone explain why these barriers have been erected? Why are they needed?

Thanks!

To elucidate (as you may not be Irish from the sound of your post), it's to prevent illegal settlements of the Travelling community, Irelands indigenous itinerant population. Some of them tend to park and take up long-term residence in such areas with caravans and campers, and in some cases cause signifigant damage to the properties or areas. Hence, the barriers.

schemingbohemia

BuffyBot wrote: »

To elucidate (as you may not be Irish from the sound of your post), it's to prevent illegal settlements of the Travelling community, Irelands indigenous population. Some of them tend to park and take up long-term residence in such areas with caravans and campers, and in some cases cause signifigant damage to the properties or areas. Hence, the barriers.

Mmmm, I wouldn't use the term I've put in bold there.

BuffyBot

It actually meant to say "indigenous itinerant". I've edited the post.

Freire_16

That is very interesting thank you. Why however is there a need to prevent Travellers from accessing such a large range of amenities, the majority of which appear to be public spaces? Wouldn't this constitute direct discrimination? Shouldn't travelling people be allowed to travel? Or am i missing an obvious answer to my query? Thanks.

ardmacha

Why however is there a need to prevent Travellers from accessing such a large range of amenities, the majority of which appear to be public spaces? Wouldn't this constitute direct discrimination? Shouldn't travelling people be allowed to travel? Or am i missing an obvious answer to my query? Thanks.

Shops don't want people living in their carpark, they want people who come and shop and go away.

cnocbui

Freire_16 wrote: »

That is very interesting thank you. Why however is there a need to prevent Travellers from accessing such a large range of amenities, the majority of which appear to be public spaces? Wouldn't this constitute direct discrimination? Shouldn't travelling people be allowed to travel? Or am i missing an obvious answer to my query? Thanks.

A little light reading for you: http://kildare.ie/knn/travsproblem.htm