In October, Gript reported breaking news from Athlone where Councillor Paul Hogan had spotted something in a Local Government Act from 1948 which he believed could give the county council the right to prohibit the erection of temporary dwellings to house migrants seeking asylum.
At issue was the plan by the Department of Integration to develop a huge asylum centre with between 100-150 “high-performance tents” designed to accommodate up to 1,000 people – right next to an existing asylum accommodation centre site in Lissywollen near Athlone.
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