JUSTICE MINISTER TO INVESTIGATE CLIFDEN HOSTEL COMPLAINTS

Date Published: 12-Feb-2009

The Minister for Justice is to be asked to investigate complaints by almost 40 asylum seekers about their lodgings at a hostel in Clifden.The Minister for Integration Conor Lenihan has told Galway Bay FM News he'll be raising the matter with Justice Minister Dermot Ahern. The group travelled to the Department of Justice in Dublin yesterday to hand in a letter of complaint about their lodgings at the Dun Gibbons Hostel in Clifden. Their complaints centred around the food, bed-linen, a lack of toys for children and the staff which they claimed were rude and sometimes intimidating.Dun Gibbons Hostel manager Patricia Dunford said it was inspected regularly by the Department and rigorously adhered to all food and health and safety guidelines.