High Court judge notes protests have stopped the accommodation of 335 asylum seekers

The judge said the State should be able to accommodate the remaining persons who are seeking accommodation but were 'unable to do so' because of the protests at the two facilities

The tents of homeless asylum seekers in Dublin recently. The judge, after hearing the updated situation, noted that in the majority of the cases before him the applicants have been offered accommodation by the International Protection Accommodation Service. File picture: Arthur Carron/Collins Photos

A High Court judge has noted that community protests have prevented the State from allocating over 335 beds to international protection applicants who require accommodation.

Mr Justice Charles Meenan remarked on the protests, and the number of beds at two facilities that the State cannot allocate, after being informed that the number of international protection applicants seeking accommodation has fallen in recent weeks from approximately 500 to 217 persons.