Asylum seekers moved for 'sanitary and safety reasons', says Donohoe 

The Public Expenditure Minister said that the asylum seekers living on Mount Street were moved due to a need to find 'alternative and secure accommodation for them'. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins

Asylum seekers living in tents on Mount Street in Dublin were moved outside the city to provide them with a “safe space” to stay, Paschal Donohoe has said.

On Saturday, asylum seekers who were living outside the International Protection Office were bussed to Crooksling in Co Dublin, 20km outside the city centre, where they were provided with new tented accommodation.