*The tents at Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre. THE NUMBERS of asylum seekers being accommodated in tented accommodation at Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre in South Clare currently tops 100.
Refugee and migrant rights organisation Doras is concerned about the moving of over 80 international protection applicants into tents in Knockalisheen, Co Clare this week. “This is disappointing, given Minister O’Gorman’s assurances in December that tented accommodation would cease to operate,” said Doras CEO John Lannon. “Less than 4 weeks later they’re back in operation. …
*The tents in Knockalisheen. Photograph: John Cooke USE OF TENTED ACCOMMODATION FOR asylum seekers has ceased outside the village of Meelick and across the country, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has confirmed.
ALL AYSLUM SEEKERS sleeping in tents at Knockalisheen are to be moved to alternative accommodation.
*Photograph: Natasha Barton NO ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE in Clare broached the subject of the Limerick Northern Distributor Road (LNDR) with the Minister for Transport during his visit to the county last week.
*Photograph: Natasha Barton PHASE 2 of the Limerick Northern Distributor Road (LNDR) is not included in the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; a plan that extends from now until 2040.
THREE Clare activists will be among the speakers for an online event honouring South African humanitarian and anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The Rowan Tree Hostel and Restaurant will not be turned into a Direct Provision centre.
Absence of the Limerick Northern Distributor Road (LNDR) from the National Development Plan (NDP) has been caused disappointment.
Inhumane sewerage conditions in Meelick have been slammed by an elected member of Clare County Council.
