Gormanston camp to begin housing refugees from Monday

The step to open the facility was taken after it was reported that new arrivals to Ireland fleeing war in Ukraine and asylum seekers from other countries were sleeping on mattresses in the old terminal building in Dublin Airport. Picture: RollingNews.ie

The Government will begin to use Gormanston Camp after the State's accommodation hit capacity this week.

Gormanston will open on Monday and initially, 150-200 Ukrainian refugees will be accommodated at the camp, the Taoiseach has said.