New fencing along Grand Canal preventing asylum seekers from pitching tents “adds to the hostility of the place,” a local councillor said.
New fencing along Grand Canal preventing asylum seekers from pitching tents “adds to the hostility of the place,” according to a local councillor.that they have spent €90,000 in four operations to remove tents from the canal and around €25,000 on erecting fences in the last six weeks.“When they removed individuals from Mount Street, we were told this would not happen again, it was unlawful and the Gardaí would be deployed to remove those individuals.
“As a matter of fact, they add to the hostility of the place and I would call on Waterways Ireland not to go down this particular road,” he said. “We do not need a situation where we have hostile architecture, and the place is turned into something like the Gaza Strip.” Kevin Byrne from the South Georgian Core Residents Association said the current situation is “undesirable” for locals.
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