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# Rooskey

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# Rooskey
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.
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May 7th 2019, 12:05 AM
# Rooskey
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.
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May 6th 2019, 12:05 AM
# Asylum Seekers
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.
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Mar 21st 2019, 1:51 PM
# Arson Attacks
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.
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Mar 17th 2019, 6:30 AM
# Asylum Seekers
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.
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Feb 17th 2019, 6:54 PM
# Rooskey
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.
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Jan 13th 2019, 4:55 PM
Voices
'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.
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Jan 12th 2019, 10:27 AM
# Rooskey
'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.
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Jan 11th 2019, 2:10 PM
# Rooskey
Fire breaks out at hotel to be used as Direct Provision centre on Leitrim-Roscommon border
The fire broke out shortly before 8pm.
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Jan 10th 2019, 9:37 PM
# Courts
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.
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Nov 29th 2018, 6:19 PM
# Leitrim
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.
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Nov 16th 2018, 9:14 AM
# Jobswatch
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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Oct 24th 2011, 10:51 AM