High Court hears of 'Herculean' efforts to get accommodation for homeless asylum seekers

The court heard some asylum seekers were still homeless or had only been offered a chair in the City West transit hub while they await an offer

Asylum seekers who have not been provided with accommodation had pitched their tents outside the International Protection Office in protest. Photo: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Accommodation for homeless asylum seekers is being dealt with on a "rolling basis" in the face of a significant increase in numbers since the beginning of the year, the High Court has heard.

Mr Justice Charles Meenan, who was told on Friday of what a State lawyer described as "Herculean" efforts to deal with the new arrivals, said he would seek an update later this month on efforts to meet the needs of the international protection applicants.