Covid-19 outbreak confirmed at hotel in Kerry town used to house asylum seekers

As from today, management have agreed to confine residents to the hotel and grounds and local businesses are delivering produce and pharmaceutical products ordered online to the door of the hotel.

There has been an outbreak of Covid-19 in a town centre hotel in Cahersiveen to which more than 100 asylum seekers were transferred four weeks ago, business and community leaders have been informed.

It comes after they sought a meeting with hotel management on Saturday night to ascertain if local rumours of an outbreak were accurate.