Dept considering 'transport needs' of direct provision residents in Cahersiveen

An average of €100 per bed was being spent on emergency accommodation in Dublin and it was in this light the transfer to Cahersiveen was envisaged as urgent, the documents repeatedly demonstrated.
Dept considering 'transport needs' of direct provision residents in Cahersiveen
Cahersiveen locals and residents from the Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre came out in numbers on Tuesday evening urging the Government to 'Act Now' before the situation in Cahersiveen gets worse. Picture: Alan Landers

A bus service to enable visits to nearby major towns, and the transfer of residents who have formally applied to leave the Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry, is being considered by the Department of Justice.

Officials who visited the centre on Tuesday, as the 32 people continued a hunger strike to leave Cahersiveen, yesterday wrote to ask them to not endanger their health.

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