Organisation: Skellig Star Hotel

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Irish Examiner view: Time to end inhumane system of Direct Provision
Irish Examiner view: Time to end inhumane system of Direct Provision
If anyone still doubts the conclusion reached by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that our system of direct provision in Ireland is ‘a severe violation of human rights’, all they need do is consider what is happening in Kerry.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

Many Caherciveen direct provision staff not Gardaí vetted; Minister's statements - fact or fiction?
Many Caherciveen direct provision staff not Gardaí vetted; Minister's statements - fact or fiction?
More than half of the staff at the controversial direct provision centre in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, had not been Garda vetted by May 7, almost two months after the residents moved in, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

Michael Clifford: Residents right to hold out for the full facts
Michael Clifford: Residents right to hold out for the full facts
There are still more questions to be answered about the Caherciveen Direct Provision centre - and the Department's handling of it, writes Michael Clifford

Wed, 20 May, 2020

'Where is the solution?': Caherciveen locals reject minister's public apology
'Where is the solution?': Caherciveen locals reject minister's public apology
Local residents in Caherciveen have rejected the apology from Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan for the way he and his department handled the relocation of asylum seekers from Dublin to the Kerry town.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Flanagan couldn't apologise for direct provision centre in person due to Covid-19 restrictions
Flanagan couldn't apologise for direct provision centre in person due to Covid-19 restrictions
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said he could not travel to Cahirciveen to apologise directly to the people in direct provision in the Skellig Star hotel because of Covid-19 restrictions.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Michael Healy-Rae had shareholding in hotel at centre of Direct Provision controversy in Caherciveen
Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae had a shareholding in the company that sold the lease in the hotel in Cahirciveen to the businessman now running it as a Direct Provision (DP) centre.

Thu, 14 May, 2020

Michael Clifford: Kerry hotel should never have been a direct provision centre
Michael Clifford: Kerry hotel should never have been a direct provision centre
The Skellig Star hotel should never have been a direct provision centre, given the questions as to the basis on which it was accepted as one, says Michael Clifford

Wed, 13 May, 2020

Calls for direct provision centre in Cahersiveen to be closed
Calls for direct provision centre in Cahersiveen to be closed
There are calls for all the asylum seekers in a Kerry direct provision centre to be moved to a self-isolating facility in Dublin.

Mon, 11 May, 2020

Suitability of Kerry Direct Provision centre questioned after a quarter of residents test positive for Covid-19
Suitability of Kerry Direct Provision centre questioned after a quarter of residents test positive for Covid-19
The central heating system in the Kerry direct provision centre where at least 25 people have tested positive for Covid-19 has been in disrepair since last December.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Victoria White: Caherciveen and Covid-19 could consign direct provision to history
Victoria White: Caherciveen and Covid-19 could consign direct provision to history
We have a history of contracting out 'social problems' and then swear our hands are clean when abuses emerge, writes Victoria White

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Mick Clifford: Caherciveen the latest tip of the Direct Provision iceberg
Mick Clifford: Caherciveen the latest tip of the Direct Provision iceberg
The system in place for asylum seeker continues to be unfit for purpose, writes Mick Clifford

Thu, 30 Apr, 2020

‘Reckless’ treatment of virus-hit asylum seekers
‘Reckless’ treatment of virus-hit asylum seekers
Asylum seekers who displayed symptoms of the coronavirus at the Co Kerry direct provision centre hit by an outbreak were left in their shared accommodation with their roommates pending a positive test, it has been claimed.

Tue, 28 Apr, 2020

Move direct provision group out of Kerry, says Healy-Rae
Move direct provision group out of Kerry, says Healy-Rae
An Independent TD has said he, as well as businesses and community leaders in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, want the Department of Justice to move residents of a direct provision centre where there has been an outbreak of Covid-19 back to “where they brought them from”.

Fri, 24 Apr, 2020

Dept won't confirm if Kerry direct provision residents were among delegation moved due to virus
Dept won't confirm if Kerry direct provision residents were among delegation moved due to virus
On March 18 and 19, just over a week before the country went on lockdown, 70 international protection applicants who were being accommodated at the Travelodge hotel in Swords, north Dublin, were relocated to two dedicated centres elsewhere in the country.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2020

Covid-19 hits Kerry hotel housing asylum seekers
Covid-19 hits Kerry hotel housing asylum seekers
Two die as residents and staff of Cork community hospital infected

Mon, 20 Apr, 2020

Asylum seekers arriving at Kerry hotel have been in Ireland more than two months
Asylum seekers arriving at Kerry hotel have been in Ireland more than two months

None of the asylum seekers arriving in Cahersiveen this week have been in the country for "less than two months".

Wed, 18 Mar, 2020

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