On Tuesday evening, local people held a protest meeting outside the Leixlip Manor and Gardens hotel. This was in response to rumours that the owners are intending to use the hotel as accommodation for asylum seekers through IPAS.
That speculation was added to by the fact that it is currently impossible to book rooms in the hotel. However, the hotel management issued a statement yesterday on their Facebook page in which they say that “rumors (sic) suggesting that the hotel will accommodate single male asylum seekers are completely untrue.”