Residents of Dundrum village in Co Tipperary have gone to the High Court in a bid to challenge any attempt to use a local hotel to house asylum seekers. The local hotel, Dundrum House Hotel, for the last two years has accommodated Ukrainian refugees and locals are objecting to any continued use of the hotel to house international protection applicants. They want to stop the use of the Planning and Development (exempted Development) regulations of 2023, which allows buildings to be used to house international protections applicants. They also want an injunction stopping the former mansion and estate, Dundrum House Hotel, being used to house international protection applicants. Two years ago, locals in Dundrum welcomed 277 Ukrainian refugees to Dundrum House Hotel.
