20/03/2024
-Did you know that Trudder House is going to be an IPAS centre?
Neither did we
-Did you know that they are saying that the process is only at an 'Investigative stage'?
Apparently so
They have been quietly working away at it over the past few weeks and have cleared all land and have spread over 100 tonnes of gravel ready for concrete to be poured
Does that sound like 'Investigative analysis'?
No - we dont think so either
-The Department cannot or will not say who this accommodation is for or how many they plan to house there, they have rolled out the old line of 'women and children is a priority' but statistics tell us the majority of IPAS Applicants are men
-They did this exact scenario in the Grand Hotel in Wicklow and then moved the women and children out and moved single, undocumented men in.
Do you want a repeat of the Grand Hotel in Newtown?
No - neither do we
-Is there a plan for integration and additional services and amenities in the town to support the increase in population?
Not that they are telling us
So we could be faced with the prospect of a large group of men, dumped in a field in our town with nothing to do -just like Wicklow.
SOUND GOOD TO YOU?
Join us in our protest to get conclusive answers for our community and get our voice heard.
