Asylum protesters have been transferred

As four asylum seekers continued to refuse food at a hostel accommodation near Foynes, it emerged yesterday a number of residents involved in last week’s protests at the centre have been transferred, some to Cork.

Asylum protesters have been transferred

One resident, involved in a violent incident at Mount Trenchard, 5km from Foynes, also yesterday, appeared before a vacation sitting of Ennis District Court.

Doras Luimní, a Limerick-based organisation which works with asylum seekers and immigrants, yesterday called for the closure of the Mount Trenchard centre.

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