An investigation is underway after a young boy fell from a second-floor window at an asylum seeker centre near Cork City.

The wave of protests by residents of Ireland’s direct provision system spread to a fifth accommodation centre yesterday.

Residents at a second accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Cork have begun a protest.

A REALLY big site, a decent sized home, a bright harbour perspective, and a commuter rail station not even 100 yards across the road — that’s the package in a nutshell at this Ashbourne, Co Cork, home.