Thornton Hall plan to house 1,000 asylum seekers thrown into doubt

The judicial review taken by residents living close to the Thornton Hall site argued that the order should not be allowed to stand as inadequate environmental screening had been performed at the rural site in advance of the establishment of a tented camp. File Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The future of a proposed tented camp for 1,000 asylum seekers in north Dublin is in doubt after the Government agreed to quash the ministerial order which set the project in motion.

At the High Court on Monday the State said it would be revoking the ministerial order in response to a judicial review taken by residents living close to the Thornton Hall site. The State also agreed to pay the residents' costs.