OUTSIDE the Lisbrook House refugee centre on Galway City’s Headford Rd is parked an old red double-decker bus which has seen better days.

Campaigners say the closure of an asylum centre in Galway will be a huge loss to the local community.

A rally takes place in Galway city centre later in protest at the planned closure of one of the west's largest hostels for asylum seekers, Lisbrook House.