U-turn on Ballinrobe asylum centre site as Ballsbridge residents plan protest

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

Anti-immigration protestors are planning a demonstration outside a proposed asylum centre on the site of a former nursing home in Dublin, after a similar one in Mayo ended yesterday. It comes after a weekend-long rally at a disused hotel in Ballinrobe was halted.

The building was to be used for 50 men, however on Monday a U-turn by the Government saw new plans for families to be housed there instead.