The Southside Traveller Action group say they hope a deal can be reached "very soon" on re-homing survivors of the Carrickmines fire. 

It comes after a spokesperson said some progress was made this morning at meeting between residents on the Glenamuck Road in South County Dublin and officials from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown council.

Residents have been blocking survivors of the Carrickmines fire from temporary accommodation there. The meeting today, which was the third engagement between the council and residents this week, went on for over three hours.

Newstalk's Sean Defoe reports:

The residents on Rockville Drive say the site is unsuitable for use as a temporary accommodation, despite assurances from the Council that they will close it in six months time.

In a statement released this evening, residents expressed sympathy for friends and relatives of those killed in the fire, but also criticised authorities for the "small, cramped and totally inadequate" accommodation at the halting site.

The statement claims the proposed temporary accommodation is a "repeat exercise," which is symptomatic of the Government's approach at a national level:

"As a result, we find ourselves thrust into the centre of a national problem not of our making, subjected to irrational and unfair criticism with little regard for the impact this dreadful situation is having on each of our families on a human level."

Rockville Drive residents said they have made a number of suggestions and proposals to the council, and will continue dialogue with it.

A council spokesperson said talks were constructive, and reaffirmed the "critical need to provide accommodation and a temporary home for the survivors of last week’s tragedy," while also "using every resource available to us to address the concerns of local residents."

“Discussions and contacts regarding the issues are continuing”, the spokesperson said.

Residents said that they were being unfairly treated by the council in this situation and some feel they are having this arrangement thrust upon them

Five adults and five children were killed in Saturday's fire at a halting site - yesterday hundreds of people turned out for a candlelit vigil at the site of the blaze.

Southside Traveller Action Group Spokesperson Geraldine Dunne says those left homeless by the blaze are struggling:

A candlelit vigil was held at the site of the blaze yesterday evening.