*The Lakelands Hotel.
PLANS are progressing to accommodate 77 refugees in Scariff.
Works had been taking place at the site of the Lakelands Hotel in Scariff and now officials in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth have confirmed plans for the facility for the first time.
The Clare Echo has obtained a memo from the Department which reveals plans to house 77 people in mixed configuration in Scariff.
Families, couples and single females will make up the total figure, The Clare Echo has learned. It is not yet clear if this will be comprised of Ukrainian families or asylum seekers.
The facility will open in June with more information to be issued prior to this.
Several queries have been issued by Clare’s Oireachtas members to the Department on plans for the former hotel in Scariff in the past fortnight.
Closed for over fifteen years, the Lakelands Hotel underwent refurbishment works in the last three years.
