'Disregard for garda vetting' at Cahirciveen direct provision centre

The Skellig Star hotel in Cahirciveen.

One of the main companies running direct provision centres had complete disregard for garda vetting of staff at one of its centres, according to documents seen by the Irish Examiner.

Townbe, the management company owned by businessman, Paul Collins, wrote to the manager of the Skellig Star hotel in Cahirciveen last March, days before the hotel opened as a direct provision centre. The manager of the hotel had expressed concerns that the staff to be employed at the centre were not garda vetted, as required.