Charity claims fire brigade closes 'building site' hotel that was being used to house homeless

A former Dublin hotel, which is undergoing building work and was being used as emergency accommodation by Dublin City Council for homeless people, has been issued with a closure order, according to a homeless charity.

The charity, Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH), claimed that the Dublin Fire Brigade enforced the closure tonight of Lynam's Hotel, with the group saying that the decision to put eight adults and seven children in a "building site" was a "new low".