Travellers living at Dunsink Lane near Finglas in Dublin said last night they regarded the latest barrier installed on the lane as a temporary measure that they will tolerate until January next.
The barrier was erected midway along Dunsink Lane at the weekend after the City Council removed its controversial concrete barrier at the Finglas end of the lane.
Yesterday, Travellers' spokesman Mr Martin Collins said that while no barrier was preferable, the current location between the Travellers and the Castleknock end of the lane was less contentious than a barrier between them and Finglas.
Witnesses to hit-and-run sought
Gardaí in Co Kildare have appealed for witnesses to a fatal hit-and-run accident which occurred in the early hours of Friday morning.
A pedestrian, who was walking towards Newbridge on the old Dublin Road a few miles from Kildare, was struck by a car travelling in the same direction.
The vehicle failed to stop and the man's body was discovered about six hours later.
Gardaí said a man detained in the Clane area in the early hours of Friday morning on suspicion of drink-driving was helping them with their inquiries.
A Garda spokesman said he expected a file to be sent to the DPP in connection with both incidents.
The victim has been named as Aiden Phelan (48), a native of Kilkenny who had been living in Kildare town.
He was the 302nd person to be killed on the State's roads this year, the 48th pedestrian. This is an increase of 36 compared to the same period last year.
Fake credit card 'workshop' raided
A man was in Garda custody last night in connection with the discovery in Clondalkin, Dublin, of what gardaí believe to be a workshop which was being used to make cloned credit cards.
Gardaí raided a house in the west Dublin suburb yesterday morning, where they found an embossing machine, blank and cloned credit cards, and laptop computers.
A 36-year-old non-national man was detained at the scene and taken to Whitehall Garda station. He was still being held there last night under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
11 brothers claim soccer record
A family of 11 Donegal-born brothers, aged from 26 to 42, are claiming an Irish record by playing together as a team in a soccer match at the weekend, writes Paddy Clancy.
The Kennedy brothers gathered from all over Ireland and the UK to take part in the game against a village selection of friends and neighbours in their native Inver, Co Donegal.
The match, and social events linked to it, raised more than €10,000 for the Donegal Hospice.
Their father, 72-year-old Jim Kennedy, played the bagpipes at half-time with the St Naul's pipe band.
Their mother, Eileen, and sisters Mary and Anne, were among a crowd of 500 fans.
The Kennedys lost the match 4-2 and were also told that it didn't qualify for entry in the Guinness Book Of Records because it only included records which could be beaten at some stage in the future.
But they can claim a team record in an unofficial list, Record Holders Republic.