Inch protestors want to stop people with 'ulterior motives' from entering community

“Local access is not blocking the refugees — it is maintaining the safety of our community and their community", a representative of the protesters said on Clare FM.
Inch protestors want to stop people with 'ulterior motives' from entering community

Locals blocking the roads to the Magowna House hotel in Inch, Co Clare. Picture: Liam Burke/Press 22

Protesters at the Co Clare hotel at the centre of a controversy over housing refugees have told local radio that their blockade is intended to stop people with “ulterior motives” from coming into their community.

Speaking on Clare FM, a representative of the group said they have been barricading entrances to and from the Magowna House Hotel because nobody consulted them before around 34 refugees arrived there on Monday.

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