Failure to communicate: Clare asylum centre blockades blamed on a lack of information 

Tractors and cars moved into place around 6.40pm on Monday when a coach carrying asylum seekers arrived hotel gates just outside the village of Inch, about 5km from Ennis

Gardai speak to security and management outside Magowna House. Residents were surprised to learn refugees were to be housed at the hotel, which — they understood — had been considered too unsuitable to accommodate Ukrainian families late last year. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Until 2019, Magowna House was considered a popular, secluded country hotel. Now, blockades have been thrown up at either end of its road due to its guests. 

Tractors and cars moved into place just after 6.40pm on Monday evening when a coach, carrying around 34 male asylum seekers, arrived at the gates of the hotel, just outside the village of Inch, about 5km from Ennis.