Residents of Tipperary village challenge any attempt to house asylum seekers in local hotel

Dundrum House Hotel has accommodated Ukrainian refugees and locals are objecting to any continued use of the hotel to house international protection applicants

Locals want an injunction stopping Dundrum House Hotel being used to house international protection applicants. File picture: John D Kelly

Residents of Dundrum village in Co Tipperary have gone to the High Court in a bid to challenge any attempt to use a local hotel to house asylum seekers.

The group of about 30 people were in the Four Courts as they came before the court giving notice of an intention to seek injunctions and mount a legal challenge against a provision of the Planning and Development Regulations.