Some asylum seekers leave Clare accommodation as ministers call on protesters to 'step down' blockade

Locals protesting the arrival of refugees in Clare by blocking the roads to the hotel. Picture: Liam Burke/Press 22
Seven asylum seekers have left the site of accommodation that was provided for them in Co Clare, during an ongoing blockage of access routes by locals to the site.
A group of 34 asylum seekers was accommodated at three holiday homes on the site of Magowna House Hotel in Inch on Monday evening.