Department to move 400 direct provision residents out of Hotel Killarney at end of March

A number of children have secured places in local schools, some having to wait until January.

The hotel which has been at the centre of controversy had signalled since January it is to return to tourism. Photo: hotelkillarney.ie

Just under 400 direct provision residents, including 20 families at Hotel Killarney, have been formally told by IPAS their accommodation is to return to tourist accommodation at the end of March.

The residents have not been told where they are to be accommodated and whether they are being moved from Killarney. Formal notice of the residents having to leave the hotel was sent by the Department of Integration on Thursday and received on Friday morning.