Over 370 asylum seekers now accommodated in East Cork hotel 

Earlier this year, Ukrainian residents of the Quality Hotel in Youghal were told they would have to vacate the location, with the hotel then set to be repurposed as an IPA-only accommodation centre. Picture: Dan Linehan

More than 370 international protection applicants are now being accommodated at the Quality Hotel in East Cork, despite the eviction of Ukrainian refugees from the same site having been paused.

Some 374 asylum seekers, the majority female, have moved to the Youghal site in recent weeks. Close to 140 are children, while the international protection applicants are from multiple different countries, including Nigeria, Bangladesh, Jordan, South Africa, Georgia, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.