Additional reporting by Anne LuceyKerry TD Michael Healy Rae had a shareholding in the company that sold the lease in the hotel in Cahirciveen to the businessman now running it as a Direct Provision (DP) centre. Mr Healy Rae had previously stated he had nothing to do with the hotel. Mr Healy Rae said he was unaware of to whom the Skellig Hotel Experience company was sold. Michael Healy Rae TD at Leinster House on Kildare Street, Dublin. Mr Healy Rae and the two other shareholders said they had no idea that a DP centre was being planned.

Source: Irish Examiner May 13, 2020 20:41 UTC