O'Gorman rules out closing East Wall facility for emergency accommodation

O'Gorman rules out closing East Wall facility for emergency accommodation

A crowd of people gathered outside the former ESB offices on East Wall Road on Saturday. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The integration minister has ruled out closing the former ESB office facility in East Wall which is being used as an emergency accommodation centre and has seen a series of protests in the last week.

Around 100 migrants are currently being housed at the former office building near Dublin Port, with around 280 more people in need of accommodation expected to arrive in the coming weeks.

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