Talks are continuing between council officials and residents over plans to rehouse survivors of the Carrickmines fire in their area.
In a statement people living in Rockville Drive say they have been unfairly criticised for opposing a halting site on their street.
Ten people died in the blaze last week and a family of 15 who survived the fire in which 10 people were killed, need somewhere to stay for 6 months until a permanent site is read.
Frank Hayes from Wicklow knew two of the children who died in Saturday’s blaze on the Glenamuck Road.
“They were two delightful children. They were like any other children; happy, sad, good and bad. Kelsey particularly had a lovely voice and was always singing”.
He came to pay his respects to the families of those who passed away and to visit the contentious site where the local council want to temporarily house them.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council says it will work to address the concerns of residents.
Talks between the local authority and people living there are due to continue today after the local authority said progress was made yesterday.
However Frank says the travelling community and the people living on Rockville Drive have been let down by the local council.
“It’s fair to say the statutory authorities have not covered themselves in glory, either in provision of a halting site for the travelling community or indeed this field we are talking about. It has been the subject of a request from this community to make it into a children’s playground for 20 or 30 years or more”.
Geraldine Dunne from the Southside Travellers Action Group says she hopes the issues can be resolved.
She added that the council should have a plan B if talks between the two sides fail.
