Tánaiste pledges to deal with 'dangerous' and 'unacceptable' Grand Canal tents

Tents which have been pitched by asylum seekers along a stretch of the Grand Canal, Dublin, near the International Protection Office on Mount St. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Tents erected by migrants along the Grand Canal in Dublin are "dangerous" and "unacceptable", the Tánaiste has said, as he promised to address a serious accommodation crisis for asylum seekers.

Just a week after a multi-agency operation moved migrants from Mount Street, the Government is coming under renewed pressure to source accommodation for around 100 people now sleeping in tents along the canal.