Officials to meet those protesting over new Cavan asylum seeker accommodation

Local Fianna Fáil TD, Niamh Smyth, met with protestors on Friday evening. She said there were approximately 70 people present at the protest when she visited. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Officials from the Department of Integration will this week meet with a group of people protesting outside new asylum seeker accommodation in Co Cavan.

The protests, ongoing since Friday, are taking place outside a renovated stables in Castletara which is set to accommodate international protection applicants.