Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman has confirmed that “several hundred” beds will come onstream to accommodate some of the nearly 500 asylum seekers sleeping on the street.
The Green Party TD also vowed that he and Justice Minister Simon Harris will meet with Garda management this week following violent scenes at a makeshift campsite set up by homeless international protection seekers this weekend.
A fire was started on Sandwith Street on Friday evening, with beds and belongings of asylum seekers badly damaged. The incident was widely condemned by the Government and opposition.
