Senator vows to stay all night in Seanad over mobile home planning laws. Aontú local Senator Sarah O'Reilly has vowed to stay in the Seanad all night if it means that proposed planning changes for modular homes could be passed to include caravans and mobile homes.
Senator O'Reilly says that the proposed relaxation of planning laws around modular homes is "common sense and much needed". Furthermore, she says they don't go far enough. The newly elected senator says she has serious concerns about those living in "homes on wheels ". Cllr O'Reilly says there are people up and down the country who have invested in mobile homes; in a bid to put a roof over the heads. Moreover, they are living in constant fear of eviction by local authorities.
Sarah O'Reilly highlighted the plight of a family in Ballyhaise in Co. Cavan on today's wider view programme with Ronan Gargan. Indeed, the family are petrified that they will be evicted from their mobile home. The home is behind their parents' home because of current planning laws.
