Councillors 'shocked' by plans to turn top Drogheda hotel into centre for asylum seekers

The four-star D Hotel will accommodate 500 asylum seekers.

The former mayor of Drogheda has hit out at plans to convert the town’s largest hotel into a centre for 500 asylum seekers.

It emerged on Wednesday the D Hotel on Marsh Road, which has 113 hotel rooms, will close to the public in March in order to accommodate people seeking international protection.