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Wexford County Council held a special meeting this afternoon to consider the Section 5 application submitted on behalf of the people of Rosslare regarding the proposed direct provision centre that was originally planned to be a nursing home.
The people of Rosslare Harbour had followed the rules, listened to the politicians, and allowed Wexford County Council (WCC) to enact the legal processes which, they hope, will eventually see a new nursing home developed on the site of the old Great Southern Hotel.
There are plans accommodate 170 males in the first phase and up to 400 people thereafter in the former hotel that was originally planned to be a nursing home.
Residents of Rosslare Harbour, Co Wexford, are planning on staging major protests in the coming days over plans to install a second IPAS (International Protection Accommodation Services) centre in the village.
The Department of Integration has confirmed that plans are in place to transform the old Great Southern Hotel building in Rosslare Harbour into accommodation for international protection applicants.