Only 20 people attend anti-IPAS centre public meeting in Roscommon

Only 20 people attended a public meeting in Roscommon town tonight, to express their opposition to IPAS centres.

The Department of Migration has turned down an offer to accommodate refugees on Goff Street in the town.

But campaigners told the meeting they’re concerned another centre will open in the area.

Danika Donlon is the chairperson of Roscommon Says No to IPAS – she addressed the low attendance afterwards:

Local woman Eilish Feeley says she wasn’t surprised by the attendance: