Campaigners call for end to direct provision after young mother dies at Cork centre

Campaigners have repeated calls for an end to direct provision after a young mother took her own life in a Cork accommodation centre.
Campaigners call for end to direct provision after young mother dies at Cork centre

Gardaí were called to the Kinsale Rd facility at around 8.15pm on Tuesday and found the body of the 36-year-old woman from South Korea dead in her room. She had been living at the facility for between six months and a year.

A Garda spokesman confirmed they are treating the death as a personal tragedy, and are liaising with embassy officials as they prepare a file for the coroner’s court.

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