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.

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.