Judge: Apollo House is a matter for government, not the courts

The High Court yesterday dismissed an application by the occupiers of Apollo House in Dublin City Centre to remain for an extra week.

Dismissing the application, which was brought over the suitability of alternative accommodation on offer to homeless people in Apollo House, Mr Justice Paul Gilligan said the court “could not get involved in a dispute over the standard of alternative accommodation”.

The judge said while he sympathised with the plight of the homeless, the court had already found the occupants had no right or entitlement to be on the premises.