Former Mayo hotel to be used for refugee families, not single men

Former Mayo hotel to be used for refugee families, not single men

Protestors outside Gannon's Hotel in Ballinrobe yesterday after their campaign had been stood down. Picture: Conor McKeown

The hotel at the centre of a protest in Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, will be used to house families and children, the Department of Integration says.

A protest has been taking place since Friday outside the former JJ Gannon’s Hotel on Main Street in the town of Ballinrobe after it emerged that there were plans to accommodate 50 international protection applicants in the building from this coming Monday.

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