Miltown Malbay

Residents of the Central Hostel (Emergency Direct Provision) are living in unacceptable conditions in a centre that is not fit for purpose.

[John Lannon @jclannon]

For 6 months @DeptJusticeIRL have been hearing it ... #DirectProvision centres are unsafe. Social distancing is impossible. 3 non-family members per room breaches guidelines. Vulnerable people are at grave risk.

Never too late to act. #KeepPeopleSafe #EndDirectProvision

[Solidarity with Skellig Star Hotel Residents @CahersiveenDP]

Some of the vulnerable, traumatised #SkelligStar residents who have been repeatedly let down by @DeptJusticeIRL were today transferred to Summer Hill Ennis. 5 grown men, strangers, sharing a room. Are we just pretending that #Covid_19 is over? Or just for asylum seekers?

[John Lannon @jclannon]

One of the great tragedies of the situation is that the men were abandoned by 'the system' for far too long, in a town that has wonderful people living there but is entirely unsuitable as a location for vulnerable asylum seekers.

[John Lannon @jclannon]

And for too long the State defended the use of the Central Hostel in Miltown Malbay as a #directprovision centre - and paid a lot of money for it.

[Donal O'Kelly @DonalOKelly]

A brave campaign from the men placed in Miltown Malbay by IPAS & branded liars by @DeptJusticeIRL.
Huge credit too to local supporters.
Some of the residents were previously in #CiuinHouse Carrick-on-Shannon.
It has to be next. Dreadful record ongoing. #ShutItDown

[Páraic McMahon @thepmanofficial]

Relief expressed by the Miltown Malbay Welcome Group & Clare TD Cathal Crowe (FF) that the Miltown Malbay Direct Provision centre will close this week. More info ⬇️

[Grannies4Equality @grannies4equal]

“We are very sad to say goodbye to the men leaving Miltown Malbay, we will take comfort that these people, who came to Ireland seeking protection & safety deserve better than the treatment they endured in the Central Hostel. We thank them & admire them” https://t.co/oh4Oxn9b3G

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

@MlMcNamaraTD @FycseneShields @AineRynne @DarraghOBrienTD Thankfully today, our group that you claim “has so ill-served its objectives “ can claim that we did indeed get justice for the men in Miltown Malbay.

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

@MlMcNamaraTD @FycseneShields @AineRynne @DarraghOBrienTD And no, this has nothing to do with any political allegiances. This had everything to do with Human rights and the conditions of the Central Hostel.

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

@MlMcNamaraTD @FycseneShields @AineRynne @DarraghOBrienTD Do you want to talk about false claims? Not once did you engage with the campaign group. Numerous TDs raised the issue in the Dail. And all of them except for you, believed the claims. You stated on record that you did not know what to believe.

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

@MlMcNamaraTD @FycseneShields @AineRynne @DarraghOBrienTD Is this what you call an attack? “Interesting how you pretend to care about Miltown Malbay yet have continuously ignored all communications about the emergency direct provision centre there, which is riddled with serious problems.”

[Doras @DorasIRL]

This is welcome news. Finally the direct provision accommodation in Miltown Malbay is to be closed. We're hopeful that @HMcEntee @rodericogorman will deliver on commitments to close more of these unsuitable emergency accommodation centres.
https://t.co/uiuDoKhoEG via @hotpress

[John Lannon @jclannon]

After many months of effort by the men living in #directprovision in the Central Hostel in Miltown Malbay, as well as their allies in the town and further afield, they can now move to somewhere better. Here's the statement from the local Welcome Group https://t.co/olgtkqxX9d

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

@MlMcNamaraTD @DarraghOBrienTD https://t.co/nHFrC3wAvR

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

@masi_asylum @ruairimckiernan @CahersiveenDP @ShamimMalekmian @lornasiggins @jclannon

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

Finally, Justice for the residents of Central Hostel. @DeptJusticeIRL have confirmed it’s imminent closure. https://t.co/I56M2hC3GC

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

Please help us. We can become crazy here. Read and share this letter. This abuse in #MiltownMalbay needs to end.

@masi_asylum @Rubberbandits
#CloseTheCentralHostel
#EndDirectProvision #MoveThemOut https://t.co/uVLpO9dFwR

[Miltown Malbay @MiltownM]

In some rooms the heater is not working. Even in the wintertime. The community provided blankets for us. Most of the time when we want to take a shower in the morning there is no hot water. #MoveThemOut @DeptJusticeIRL @HMcEntee @rodericogorman

[Sian Cowman @Sian_Cowman]

Milton Malbay direct provision. All DP is racist and abusive, and it all needs to end. But some centres are *really* rife with abusive behaviour from managers. This is one. Shut it down @HMcEntee @DeptJusticeIRL @rodericogorman.