LISTEN: Green Party member says Leitrim village is 'ideal' for asylum centre - and slams its critics

The Green Party’s Leslie O’Hora says Leitrim Village is ideal for an asylum-seeker centre – and is slamming some of those who oppose it.

The Department of Integration is considering accommodating international-protection applicants in the Leitrim Marina Hotel.

Over 100 people attended a public meeting last Thursday night, amid some local concern over the plan.

But O’Hora, from Carrick-on-Shannon, is backing the proposal, as he told our reporter Eoghan Murphy.