Killarney will have to face the reality of whether it is going to continue as a tourist centre or become a direct provision and refugee centre because of the numbers now in tourist accommodation, a council meeting has been told
With a population of 10,360, Killarney is now accommodating 3,200 refugees and asylum seekers, the Killarney Municipal Meeting was told.
"Is Killarney next March going to be a major tourist destination or a direct provision centre? Big accommodation providers in Killarney are going to have to be asked that question," Independent councillor and former mayor of Killarney Brendan Cronin said. "Serious questions have to be asked of two sectors - the Government and our own business sector," Cllr Cronin said.
These businesspeople were in the same trade as the rest of the town but were destroying tourism, she said.Councillors were getting"earfuls" from the public and the goodwill that was in Killarney in March and April has changed, she said.
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