CORRIB HEIGHTS HOTEL WONT BECOME ASYLUM CENTRE

Date Published: 04-Oct-2007

The Corrib Heights Hotel in the city, formally the Corrib Great Southern will not be transformed into a residential centre for asylum seekersThere was speculation that the former hotel on the Dublin Road would be used for asylum seekers after East Coast Trading approached the owners, Edward Holdings, about the proposalEast Coast already operates 3 such centres in Dublin and Dundalk and it's understood the Department of Justice was in favour of the plansHowever, David Barrett of Edward Holdings confirmed to Galway Bay Fm today that although they were approached to change the hotel into a residential centre, they won't be taking that route...