Lisdoonvarna locals reject direct provision plan

Reception and Integration Agency says accommodation of asylum seekers cannot be delayed

Locals  complained they had not been properly consulted by the Reception and Integration Agency, which is part of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.  Photograph: Matt Kavanagh

Locals complained they had not been properly consulted by the Reception and Integration Agency, which is part of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh

Locals in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare, who attended a public meeting this week, have voted overwhelmingly to reject Government plans to accommodate 115 asylum seekers in the town.

Nearly 93 per cent voted to reject plans by the Reception and Integration Agency to house asylum seekers in the King Thomond Hotel owned by hotelier Marcus White, a key figure in the town’s annual matchmaking festival.

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