{"id":15438,"date":"2025-09-11T23:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/15438\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T23:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:44:06","slug":"we-want-them-gone-limerick-council-re-enters-legal-proceedings-over-illegal-caravan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/15438\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We want them gone&#8217; &#8211; Limerick council re-enters legal proceedings over &#8216;illegal&#8217; caravan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEGAL proceedings against the occupants of a caravan which is illegally parked just off a main thoroughfare in Limerick city have been reinstated by the local authority.<\/p>\n<p>Calvin Moran and Victoria Faulkner are accused of breaching the terms of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/463\/crime-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">enforcement notice<\/a> which was served on them more than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>That notice, dating back to August 2024, required them to move their caravan away from Alandale Road which is located just off Dock Road.<\/p>\n<p>At Limerick District Court this Thursday, solicitor Will Leahy, said the proceedings were adjourned in April of this year after Mr Moran and Ms Faulkner &#8220;moved&#8221; from the location but that they &#8220;appeared again over the summer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He told Judge Patricia Harney the matter was formally re-entered late last week and that representatives of Limerick City and County Council had hand-delivered a letter informing the defendants of the court date.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/environment\/1890878\/former-limerick-senior-hurling-manager-reported-to-gardai-amid-council-protest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Former Limerick senior hurling manager reported to gardai amid council protest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solicitor Tom Kiely confirmed he had spoken to his clients about the matter. &#8220;I have advised them they need to move,&#8221; he said adding: &#8220;They have assured me they will move.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Neither of the defendants were present in court for this Thursday&#8217;s brief hearing during which Mr Leahy emphasised that the local authority is anxious to resolve matters as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want them gone,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Adjourning the matter for a week, Judge Harney said she expects progress to have been made noting that Mr Moran and Ms Faulkner &#8220;have been over this before&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The penalties for those convicted of failing to comply with an enforcement notice include a fine of up to \u20ac5,000 and\/or a prison sentence of up to six months.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEGAL proceedings against the occupants of a caravan which is illegally parked just off a main thoroughfare in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,44,14563,7250,43],"class_list":["post-15438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-city","tag-limerick-city-and-county-council","tag-limerick-district-court","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}