Gardai are investigating after an arson attack on a traveller accomodation site near Ennis – previously damaged in a similar incident almost three years ago.
The only occupied unit at the five-house Beech Park development was gutted while the family was away from home while three other properties were extensively damaged in an arson attack in the early hours of yesterday.
An on-site security man is understood to have encountered at least one individual at the scene but was not injured.
The same homes had to be vacated by Traveller families in the aftermath of an arson attack in Feb 2010 and Clare County Council spent €51,000 refurbishing the units.