Residents near Thornton Hall have said they received “no public consultation” ahead of plans to bring hundreds of asylum seekers to the area.
Residents near Thornton Hall have said they received “no public consultation” ahead of plans to bring asylum seekers to the area.
The Department of Integration said it is working with the Irish Prison Service and the Department of Justice to use a portion of the 160-acre site for emergency accommodation.Gráinne McFadden, who lives “right next door” to Thornton Hall said locals were not consulted about plans to bring in asylum seekers.“I just don’t feel safe for my three daughters, my three teenagers, will be using the public bus service.
According to the Department of Integration, the tents will be pitched in a part of the site that is already"serviced", including toilets and kitchen areas. “I'd say it's a septic tank and some sheds,” she said. “It’s farmland, that’s what it is, farmland with an old house on it.“For the rest of us to bring services like that to our own homes, it would take six months or a year.Asylum seekers at Thornton Hall
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