Clare hosts 'shindig' to welcome asylum seekers to community 

One of the organisers, Sarah Ferrigan, said protests against the accommodation of asylum seekers in May 'painted an unfair picture of the county'

Some 60 locals came to the event to welcome and meet more than 60 asylum seekers who now call the county home. Picture: Sarah Ferrigan

Asylum seekers living in towns and villages across Clare have been welcomed to a “shindig” in Ennis, in what has been described as a “total contrast” to previous protests in the county.

Some 60 locals came to the event to welcome and meet over 60 asylum seekers who now call the county their home.