A protest against plans to accommodate IP applicants, outside Middleton House, in February.

Plans to house IP applicants in Castletown Geoghegan not going ahead

Castletown Geoghegan
Refugees
asylum seekers
Mullingar
Westmeath
Minister Peter Burke
Minister Rodric O’Gorman

Published: Thu 29 Jun 2023, 10:39 AM

Last updated: Thu 29 Jun 2023, 10:41 AM

Plans to house International Protection applicants in Castletown Geoghegan are not going ahead, it has been revealed this morning.

Peter Burke, TD, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and at the Department of Foreign Affairs and at the Department of Defence, has said in a statement: “Further to ongoing discussions and engagement with my office, the Minister For Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Rodric O’Gorman has confirmed to me this morning that the plans to house International Protection applicants in Castletown Geoghegan will no longer be going ahead.”