Direct provision centre in Co Limerick ‘like Guantanamo Bay’ - report

A report has called for the immediate closure of a direct provision centre in Co Limerick after it found there were fears for the health and wellbeing of residents.

The report, conducted by Doras Luimní, of which President Michael D Higgins is a patron, found the Mount Trenchard centre in Foynes was isolated, with some residents claiming there were issues over personal safety with as many as eight men sleeping in a single room and one resident describing it as “Guantanamo Bay”.