Department shelters 88 asylum seekers in tents in Clare

The Department said it will endeavour to ensure that the use of tents in Meelick is a short-term measure

Knockalisheen refugee centre, Co. Clare. Picture: David Raleigh

Close to 90 international protection applicants are being accommodated in tents in Co. Clare.

The 88 people are being put up in the tented accommodation at Knockalisheen in Meelick, according to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.