The mishandling of the Caherciveen centre has been exacerbated by misinformation, deflection, and at its most charitable, a deficit of knowledge, writes Michael Clifford

There are still more questions to be answered about the Caherciveen Direct Provision centre - and the Department's handling of it, writes Michael Clifford

The Department of Justice has rejected an offer of alternative accommodation for asylum seekers who want to be moved from a controversial direct provision centre in south Kerry.

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