Lough Allen Hotel in Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim: About 170 residents were given just two weeks to leave the hotel which is due to close next FridayA “significant number” of centres providing accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine will close in the coming months, the Department of Integration has confirmed.
“The 90-day policy means that BOTPs who have arrived since March 14th will not be provided with longer term accommodation, and people also exit our accommodation everyday making their own independent arrangements,” said a department spokesman.An Irishwoman in Denmark: ‘Life here is good, safe.
While concern has been expressed about the implications for the mainly women and children living at the hotel, many of whom work and go to school locally, the department said it hoped to schedule other moves for the summer months “to minimise disruption to the school year if possible”. “It is expected that a significant number of contracts will end over the next months, and the department will try to schedule moves for the summer months to minimise disruption to the school year if possible,” he added.