It's expected the project will eventually have a maximum capacity of 1,000 male International Protection Applicants.
Councillors in Westmeath are moving to obstruct the construction of a major asylum seeker accommodation centre.
Athlone representatives have launched a formal objection, using the Local Government Reform Act, to the planned commencement of works on an OPW site in Lissywollen.
It's expected the project will eventually have a maximum capacity of 1,000 male International Protection Applicants.
Fianna Fail Councillor, and Athlone Mayor, Frankie Keena says he and his colleagues are against the project:
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