Cork asylum seeker wants to leave Ireland after father and brother jailed pending deportation

Cork-based woman says relatives detained in immigration operation remain in overcrowded prison as family seeks return to South Africa

In Cloverhill on Wednesday, there were 490 people in custody, with 53 people sleeping on mattresses on the floor, as it was at 113% capacity (with a total of 433 beds). Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

A woman who had been living in Cork while applying for asylum said all she now wanted was to be able to leave the country with her family, after her father and brother were jailed pending deportation.

Madeleine Breetzke, 25, said the family was traumatised after her father, 58, and her brother, 23, were arrested at the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) in Dublin, last week.