Kerry Councillor: ‘My own’ before refugees on housing list

Some county councillors in Kerry believe local families already on a housing waiting list should be “looked after first” before the planned arrival of refugees.

The county is to receive a total of 45 refugees between now and early 2016, councillors were told yesterday.

Up to 550 refugees have already arrived in Ireland directly from UN camps in the Lebanon, and include Syrian and Iraqis.