More than 100 refugees to be housed in former Mallow hotel

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth said: 'We are working to improve how new accommodation is sourced, and how these developments are communicated to local communities.'

Longueville House is a 303-year-old listed Georgian country house hidden in the heart of a 400-acre wooded estate overlooking the Blackwater valley.

More than 100 refugees are to be housed in a 300-year-old listed Georgian property which operated for years as an award-winning hotel and guest house on a sprawling north Cork estate.

In a briefing to local TDs, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth confirmed that people seeking refuge in Ireland with international protection status will be housed in Longueville House in Mallow, and that the accommodation will be for families.