Government scrambles to identify State-owned lands to accommodate asylum seekers

Fencing erected at Dublin's Grand Canal yesterday after removal of tents. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins

State-owned sites previously ruled out for asylum accommodation are to be reassessed as the Government struggles to deal with record numbers of people arriving here.

Defence Forces and HSE lands are understood to be among the sites that will be re-examined after the Government admitted that further tent encampments could emerge across parts of Dublin city centre as the State currently cannot offer accommodation to all asylum seekers arriving here.