Asylum-seekers sleeping in tents in freezing Clare weather 'unethical and inhumane' 

Up to 80 people had to sleep in tents in recent nights in Knockalisheen as temperatures fell well below freezing, Clare Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe said

Clare County Council staff have been assisting motorists who got bogged down in the snow in North Clare. Picture: Press 22

Clare TD Cathal Crowe has described the treatment of 80 asylum-seekers sleeping in tents in Knockalisheen as "unethical and inhumane".

Up to 80 people had to sleep in tents in recent nights as temperatures fell well below freezing, the Fianna Fáil TD said.