Homeless families get hotel reprieve to end of August

Five homeless families living in a Dublin city-centre hotel which is about to be sold by a receiver will be allowed remain until the end of August while alternative accommodation arrangements for them are made, the High Court has heard.

However, Mr Justice Paul Gilligan said he wants to hear more detail about the proposed alternative accommodation for the families who are living in Lynams Hotel, Upper O’Connell St. The matter was raised in the Dáil last week.

Last April, injunction proceedings taken by hotel operator Theresa Andreucetti, preventing Nama-appointed receiver Aidan Murphy taking possession of the premises, were settled on the basis of undertakings.