Michael Clifford: Direct provision facing perfect storm of protest

Cahersiveen and residents of the Skellig Star DP centre unite in calls to end Direct Provision Centres pictured here outside the Legal Aid Board in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry. Picture Alan Landers.

As calls to end a broken system continue to grow, the pressure of the Black Lives Matter protests could force the end of direct provision as we know it, writes Michael Clifford