Inch locals to remove blockades on approach to Magowna House
*Photograph: John Mangan LOCALS IN INCH have confirmed they are to remove the three blockades on the approach to Magowna House.
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Foley praises Integration Minister O’Gorman for ‘personal & political leadership’ on asylum seeker accommodation
*Minister for Education, Norma Foley. Photograph: Joe Buckley INTEGRATION MINISTER, Roderic O’Gorman (GP) has been praised for his “personal and political leadership” by Minister for Education, Norma Foley (FF) in working to accommodate refugees and asylum seekers.
‘Accept them & welcome them’ – Kilrush teenager holds counter-protest in Inch to show support to asylum seekers
*Brendan Ryan outside Magowna House with his father. Photograph: John Mangan A KILRUSH TEENAGER mounted a counter-protest at Inch on Thursday evening to show asylum seekers in Magowna House that they were welcome to the area.
Magowna House management had been planning for three months to repurpose facility
*CRM Properties Ltd’s Salman Ahlam gives Junior Minister, Joe O’Brien (GP) a tour of Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan MANAGEMENT OF MAGOWNA HOUSE had been planning to house refugees or asylum seekers for three months yet the local community in Inch were only informed of their intentions five days before the facility came back into …
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‘We are very friendly people’ – asylum seeker Sultan says they have no issue with life in Inch
*Sultan Muhammad Nasiri. Photograph: John Mangan ASYLUM SEEKERS were not told where they were going when they boarded a bus from CityWest and headed in the direction of Inch on Monday afternoon.
Locals unlikely to give an Inch on Junior Minister’s request to remove blockades
*Photograph: John Mangan INCH LOCALS have been asked to remove the barriers and blockades by the Minister of State at the Department of Integration but are likely to maintain their demonstrations.
‘We won’t budge’ – Inch residents seek ‘fair play’ on plans for Magowna House
*Seamie Fitzpatrick at Magowna Hill where one of the blockades are located. Photograph: John Mangan BLOCKADES will remain located at three points on the approach to Magowna House but locals have said they are agreeable to a smaller quantity than the announced figure of 69 male asylum seekers taking up residence at Inch.
Inch residents ‘letdown’ by Minister’s comments on Magowna House & commit to continue peaceful protests
*Agnes O’Malley speaking on behalf of Inch residents on Wednesday night. Photograph: John Mangan INCH RESIDENTS HAVE committed to continue their protest for the long-haul and have voiced disappointment with senior Government officials.
Minister O’Gorman open to meeting Inch residents but says Magowna House contract for asylum seekers will remain
*Asylum seekers on site at Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan MINISTER FOR Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman (GP) has said Magowna House will continue to be used to accommodate male asylum seekers despite strong local opposition.
‘I don’t have a choice’ – teenage asylum seeker had sleepless first night in Inch
*Photograph: Liam Burke / Press 22 A HANDFUL OF asylum seekers have left Magowna House less than twenty four hours after arriving while the youngest in the group of males has said they had “no choice” in moving to Inch.
