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# rooskey - Tuesday 7 May, 2019
Concerns raised about fire safety issues at hotel earmarked to house asylum seekers before arson attacks
Plans to open a Direct Provision centre in Rooskey were scrapped based on legal advice.
# rooskey - Monday 6 May, 2019
Fears over legal challenge 'disrupting' asylum seekers led to Direct Provision centre being scrapped
The proposal was affected by a number of legal and planning issues, as well as suspected arson attacks.
# rooskey - Thursday 21 March, 2019
Plan to open Direct Provision centre in Leitrim scrapped
The Department of Justice said the decision is not related to suspected arson attacks at the former hotel.
# rooskey - Sunday 17 March, 2019
Having to cross the border or stay overnight: Concerns raised about location of rural Direct Provision centres
It’s a criminal offence for asylum seekers to cross the border into Northern Ireland.
# rooskey - Sunday 17 February, 2019
Confrontation at 'No To Racism' rally in Rooskey
The rally follows Monday night’s fire at the Shannon Key West Hotel, earmarked for asylum seekers.
# rooskey - Sunday 13 January, 2019
Anti-racism rally held outside fire-damaged Leitrim hotel earmarked as Direct Provision centre
The hotel was damaged in a suspected arson attack earlier this week.
# rooskey - Saturday 12 January, 2019
'Fires at Direct Provision hotels should prompt discussion about far-right minority, otherwise the racists win'
There are clear victims here – the men, women and children who were forced to flee their homes, Dr Fiona O’Reilly writes.
# rooskey - Friday 11 January, 2019
'This should be treated as a hate crime': Concern expressed after fire at hotel earmarked as Direct Provision centre
The cause of the fire is not yet known, and an investigation has been launched by gardaí.
# rooskey - Thursday 10 January, 2019
Fire breaks out at hotel to be used as Direct Provision centre on Leitrim-Roscommon border
The fire broke out shortly before 8pm.
# rooskey - Thursday 29 November, 2018
A hotel to be used for Direct Provision is still in the middle of a sale dispute
The 39-room Shannon Key West Hotel is located in Rooskey on the Co Leitrim/Roscommon.
# rooskey - Friday 16 November, 2018
Injunction sought preventing hotel being used as accommodation for asylum seekers
A company wants to develop the Shannon Key West Hotel into a tourist hotel.
# rooskey - Monday 24 October, 2011
Leitrim to get 79 new jobs with €7million investment
The positions at a medical devices firm were announced by jobs minister Richard Bruton this morning.
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THE HSE HAS unveiled their new Covid-19 tracing app, with it becoming available to download from app stores last night.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly called the new app “a powerful tool” that’ll be used to help health authorities track down close contacts of people with Covid-19.
According to registrations within the tracing app, over 200,000 people have already downloaded the app, with over 120,000 people checking in so far.
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