'At least people have beds' — Asylum seekers glad to move from Dublin to Páirc Uí Chaoimh

'The conditions here are much better than Dublin... And people are nicer,' one asylum seeker told 'Irish Examiner' reporter Liz Dunphy. File Picture: Larry Cummins 

Sitting alone on a bench outside Cork’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium, Steve from the Congo said that there were “many, many reasons” why he left his homeland.

Safety and peace were among them. Looking nervous and slightly worn, he said that his life was in danger in the Congo and he had to get out.