Mick Clifford: A Kerry town built a community around asylum seekers — now Caherciveen is losing them

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Cllr Norma Moriarty, front right, with locals at the Skellig Accommodation Centre in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, on Wednesday to voice their support for the residents of the Ipas centre who wish to remain in Caherciveen, after a number of families with children under the age of one were moved earlier in the morning. Picture: Alan Landers

Cllr Norma Moriarty, front right, with locals at the Skellig Accommodation Centre in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, on Wednesday to voice their support for the residents of the Ipas centre who wish to remain in Caherciveen, after a number of families with children under the age of one were moved earlier in the morning. Picture: Alan Landers

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With the high season opening up, Darragh O’Driscoll thought he was prepared and ready. 

He owns and runs the Oratory pizza restaurant in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, where the year depends greatly on tourism.

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