Midlands Councillor Doesn't Believe Refugee Centres Will Be Put Back Into General Use

it comes as 100 Ukrainian refugees are set to be accommodated in an Offaly town.

A midlands councillor doesn't believe refugee accommodation centres will ever be put back into general use.

It comes as 100 Ukrainian asylum seekers are set to be accommodated in the former La Sainte Union convent on Main Street in Banagher.

Councillor John Leahy says, after the site was purchased privately, they originally thought it would be converted into town houses.

The Independent rep says it's unfair to towns and villages to experience an influx of people without increasing services:

 

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