On June 20, an application was registered with Dublin City Council seeking to know if the Sentinel Building at Gateway View, Ballymun is considered to be exempted development under Class 14(h) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 as amended for the “accommodation of protected persons.”
The Sentinel has been used for asylum accommodation since 2022, and was listed in May 2023 as being under the management of Maplestar Limited. The current application is registered by a company called Foxfield Inns which is the sole owner of Maplestar. Protests were held outside the building and outside the nearby Travelodge Hotel by local people opposed to their use as accommodation centres in January 2023.
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