Asylum seekers erect more than 70 tents along Dublin's Grand Canal 

The tents were pitched in lines on both banks of the canal in the area around the Mount Street Bridge on Sunday, close to where over 200 men were moved out on Wednesday after what the Taoiseach called a "shanty town" had developed. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins

More than 70 tents have been erected along Dublin's Grand Canal just days after a makeshift tent city was removed from outside the offices of the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS).

The tents were pitched in lines on both banks of the canal in the area around the Mount Street Bridge on Sunday, close to where over 200 men were moved out on Wednesday after what the Taoiseach called a "shanty town" had developed. Single men seeking international protection are being forced to sleep in tents due to the State's inability to offer them accommodation.