Sarah SlaterThe blockade of Rosslare Europort is underway by locals opposing a second International Protection Accommodation Services centre at the old Great Southern Hotel site in the village. Protests outside the Great Southern hotel site started on Thursday night, continued on Friday and outside Wexford County Council offices. Then protests have now ramped up with freight and car stopping traffic going into and out of the Europort being affected. Last week, the Department said they now planned to accommodate up to 400 men in the former Great Southern Hotel which was originally being planned as a state-of-the-art nursing home. The entrance of the Great Southern Hotel is also to be blocked.

Source: The Herald November 18, 2023 16:00 UTC