Protesters continue to block access to former Clare hotel set to house asylum seekers

Tractors and other vehicles were used to blockade both ends of the narrow road up to the premises, which has been closed since 2019.

Magowna House in Inch. The building had been declared as not suitable to accommodate Ukrainian asylum seekers in 2022.

Protesters are continuing to block access to a former hotel in Co Clare which is being set to be used to house asylum seekers.

It had earlier been reported that the asylum seekers arrived at Magowna House in Inch on Monday, but Minister of State at the Department of Integration Joe O’Brien said on Tuesday that there has been “some confusion”. He said the asylum seekers are not in the hotel and are currently being housed in three holiday homes.