Grand Canal tents cleared again as 89 asylum seekers offered accommodation

Tents which have been pitched by asylum seekers along a stretch of the Grand Canal, by Wilton Place in Dublin on Tuesday. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

A multi-agency operation to remove tents of homeless asylum seekers on Dublin's Grand Canal is currently underway.

Tents have been pitched along the canal in recent weeks due to the ongoing shortage of accommodation for asylum seekers arriving into the State.