Michael Clifford: Department response on Kerry asylum centre an attack on tenet of democracy

Locals and residents of the Skellig Star direct provision centre protesting about the hotel in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, earlier this year. Picture: Alan Landers.

Direct provision, on the way out, appears to be leaving with a bang. The centre, opened in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, last March, illustrates much about what has rendered the system morally bankrupt.