Columb Barracks

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Protesters block bus of asylum seekers from entering Columb Barracks (The Irish Times)

A bus full of International Protection (IP) applicants were turned away at the entrance to Columb Barracks in Co Westmeath on Monday due to protestors ...

The Department strongly condemns any attempt to promote division and hostility,” they said. It plans to use the site “for a maximum of 12 months”. The IP applicants who had entered the Barracks on an earlier bus looked on through the gates at the demonstration centring around the second bus.

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Protestors blocking asylum seekers from entering barracks ... (Westmeath Examiner)

Protestors are preventing a bus containing international protection applicants from entering Columb Barracks.

One bus managed to gained entry at around 11.30am. WATCH: Protestors blocking asylum seekers from entering Columb Barracks Protestors are preventing a bus containing international protection applicants from entering Columb Barracks.

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Protesters block bus with asylum seekers in Mullingar (RTE.ie)

A bus carrying asylum seekers has been prevented from entering the site of Columb Barracks in Mullingar, Co Westmeath.

In February, the Department of Integration confirmed that 120 asylum seekers were to be accommodated in 15 tents at the barracks. They are opposed to a plan to accommodate the asylum seekers in tents at the former army barracks. A group of protesters gathered at the front gates of the former barracks and blocked the bus from entering.

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