As a general election looms, Newtownmountkennedy residents remain ‘traumatised’ and ‘divided’ and speak sadly of authorities’ poor management of the issue
As a general election looms, Newtownmountkennedy residents talk sadly of what was ‘done’ to their place
, known locally as Trudder House – a HSE-owned facility on the outskirts of Newtownmountkennedy – amid rumours it would be accommodate single, male asylum seekers. Graffiti outside its entrance, including proclamations of “Newtown Says No” and a tricoloured map of Ireland, testifies to ongoing opposition to its use as an International Protection Accommodation Services centre.
“And then there’s probably a silent 80 per cent in the middle, who want to keep the peace but are feeling, ‘Where is the communication from Government? Where is the policy? How should I even behave in all this?’” A sign near a cordon leading to Trudder House, where violence erupted earlier this year. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
Friday afternoon, however, finds the main street almost deserted, several of its shopfronts boarded up.
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