Skellig Star residents 'would do better in a refugee camp in Lebanon,' TD tells Dáil

Some 32 residents at the hotel have been on hunger strike since Monday. File Photo of a protest on Tuesday: Alan Landers.

Migrants would be better off in a refugee camp in Lebanon than remain in the Skellig Star Hotel in Cahirsiveen, the Dáil has heard.

During questions on promised legislation, Solidarity TD Brid Smith raised the ongoing hunger strike by residents in what she called the “rotten accommodation”.