Department of Justice to shut down Co Clare emergency accommodation centre for asylum seekers

Images taken from inside the Central Hostel in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare. Picture: Lorna Siggins

The Department of Justice is to shut down its emergency accommodation centre for asylum seekers in the west Clare town of Miltown Malbay.

In a statement today, the department confirmed that the transfer of the remaining seven residents of the centre at the Central Hostel in the small west Clare town will be completed by the end of the week.