Plans to accommodate asylum seekers in Achill postponed due to protests

The Department of Justice has postponed plans to accommodate asylum-seekers in Achill, Mayo.

The Department of Justice and Equality has postponed plans to accommodate 13 asylum seekers in Achill, Mayo.

The Department said it had hoped to transfer 13 vulnerable women to the Achill Head Hotel, and that the hotel was to provide emergency short-term accommodation to women who have come to Ireland seeking international protection.