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

Speaking to Drivetime on RTÉ radio, Sne Mkhize said she was unhappy that the asylum seekers weren't mentioned in the "generalised" letter from the Minister.

The Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has written an unprecedented letter to the people of Kerry apologising for what has unfolded at the controversial direct provision centre in Cahirciveen.

The letter of apology from the Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan concerning a Direct Provision centre in Cahirciveen avoids the real issues that have left people “angry and upset” and harbouring “suspicion and worry”.

Open letter from the Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan to the people of Kerry, in particular those of Caherciveen

Of Kerry’s five TDs, four are now calling for the “immediate closure” of the Direct Provision Centre in Caherciveen which is now at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak.

The system in place for asylum seeker continues to be unfit for purpose, writes Mick Clifford

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.

Protests have been held at a direct provision centre in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, where several new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed.

The HSE objected to the Department of Justice’s decision to open a direct provision centre for 150 people in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, when health services are “stretched to their limit” due to the pandemic.

Just 30 of the more than 90 residents in a hotel-turned-direct provision centre, the Skellig Star in the centre of Cahersiveen town, have been tested for Covid-19, public representatives were informed last night in a conference call with HSE doctors and personnel.

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