A fire that gutted a house in Ballina, County Tipperary is being treated as suspicious by Gardaí.A Traveller family had been due to move into the house in two weeks time. The fire at the four-bedroom house in north Tipperary started around 1.30am.
North Tipperary County Council had bought the house for around €460,000 and were planning to move a local Traveller family into it, reports RTE News. The local authority's decision caused controversy and led to protests and a High Court judicial review, with the court ruling the council should be allowed to house the family in the property. The issue is also before the Supreme Court next week.
