Skellig Star lacking basic disease control measures weeks after outbreak
Rooms were cleaned without disinfectant and used linens were stored in the stairwell. An audit carried out at the Skellig Star Hotel Direct Provision centre in late April showed that over half of the basic requirements for disease control were not being met, despite an ongoing outbreak of Covid-19 in the centre. Residents of the […]
6 years ago
Minister who promised to transfer asylum seekers still has no responsibility for Direct Provision
Residents’ hunger strike in protest against ‘inhumane conditions’ in the Skellig Star Hotel is on its second day. Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman told residents of a controversial Direct Provision Centre that he would “work to get [them] transferred to appropriate accommodation” over 2 months ago, but a representative from his […]
6 years ago
Skellig Star Direct Provision residents go on hunger strike
“The past and present government has not done anything to help us from this open prison” A number of residents at the controversial Skellig Star Hotel Direct Provision Centre in Cahersiveen have gone on hunger strike in protest against the ongoing conditions at the centre. The hotel was opened as a temporary Direct Provision centre […]
6 years ago