Protestors should not be allowed dictate where asylum seeker accommodation is built, Fianna Fáil have insisted. The remarks by justice spokesman Jim O'Callaghan comes after a decision in Oughterard, Galway, to withdraw proposals to turn a local hotel into a direct provision centre for asylum seekers. Protestors have marched outside the hotel for weeks while there has been strong local opposition to the proposed centre, including claims that asylum seekers were “spongers”. “We do not have that many [asylum seekers]. He acknowledged there may be genuine concerns about the proposed Galway centre, including its size and the planned numbers there.

Source: Irish Examiner October 01, 2019 14:15 UTC