In many ways, Dundrum looks like the average Irish village. There’s a family butcher, a pub called Bertie’s, and rows of squatting slate-grey terraces. Yet walk down the R505, where Dundrum melts into the hedgerows of County Tipperary, and you’ll soon spot something else. There, outside Dundrum House, is an anti-migrant camp. Established back in August, locals are fighting the planned settlement of 277 refugees, with the former hotel set to be converted into an International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centre.
Dundrum
“Stop forcing these situations on ordinary people.”
Residents of Dundrum are out protesting after the announcement that 280 migrants will be planted in their village of 165 people. pic.twitter.com/KXcfIP2jPm
— MichaeloKeeffe (@Mick_O_Keeffe) July 17, 2024
