The funerals for the ten victims of the Carrickmines fire are expected to take place next week.

Their remains have been released to their families this evening as gardaí confirmed they have now been formally identified.

The people who died have been named as Thomas (27) and Sylvia Connors (25), and their children Jim (5), Christy (2) and Mary (five months old).

Willie Lynch (25) and his partner Tara Gilbert (27) and their children Kelsey (4) and Jodie (9) were also killed in the fire. Tara was four months pregnant.

The tenth person killed in the fire was Jimmy Lynch, aged 39, who was the brother of Willie.

The Connors family lived on the site in Carrickmines where the fire took place, while the Lynch family and Tara Gilbert lived in Fassaroe in Bray, Co Wicklow.

Murphy's Funeral Home in Bray and Massey Bros are handling the funeral arrangements for those who died.

In a statement, Southside Travellers also says that it understands that the dialogue concerning an emergency accommodation site off Glenamuck Road is continuing.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in a statement this evening that 'progress has been made' during lengthy discussions with residents of Rockville Drive today.

Locals have blockaded Rockville Drive since Tuesday over plans to move four mobile homes onto adjoining land to house 14 people affected by Saturday’s blaze.

The County Council adds that "there remain a number of outstanding issues which require further clarification and discussion and work will continue on these issues.

"Everyone is conscious of the need to provide an emergency site for the families of last week’s tragedy as soon as possible," the statement adds.

The residents say they have serious fire safety concerns because of the narrowness of the road leading up to the site; and they say the site itself is a flood risk in winter.

They say they are now being terrorised by protesters - who are calling for the site to be opened immediately.

Tánaiste Joan Burton this morning echoed words from Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday, when she expressed her hope that an agreement can be reached.

Today was the third day of meetings between Rockville Drive residents and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council since the blockade began on Tuesday.

In a statement yesterday, the residents said they have been subjected to "unfair criticism" for their actions.

They say they have expressed their sympathies to the families of the five adults and five children who died in the fire.

They say they are reluctant to to allow the four mobile homes onto the land, because the original halting site built eight years ago was also meant to be temporary.

The Council says it will work to address the residents' concerns.

Meanwhile, speaking this morning, the Tánaiste Joan Burton says she is very confident that survivors of the fire will be given suitable accommodation.