The firm's contract to house IPAs with the Dept of Integration at Magowna House resulted in a stand-off between the local community and Government following the arrival of 34 IPAs on Monday, May 15th.

Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman had previously informed local representatives and locals in Kildare that the plan to host Ukrainian refugees in Ryevale House was “consistent with planning law”.

Some eighty residents or just under half the Ukrainian residents at the Skellig Accommodation Centre in Cahersiveen are being moved to other accommodation, they were told on Friday.

The offer came from the Department of Defence for the Kilbride Range in Wicklow, Mr O'Gorman confirmed

Senator Doherty said the Government’s failure to bring forward an effective public information campaign on asylum seekers was feeding into the far-right narrative

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commissioner Sinead Gibney has said that the State’s failure to provide basic data makes it difficult for the Commission to do its job.

Community groups and associations will be able to apply for funding to help with the integration process, but larger amounts will be available in the places with the greatest number of new arrivals.