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Citywest Hotel Tops Government Payments For Asylum Seeker Accommodation With Over €50m In 2024

It received over €53 million between January and September 2024.

The Citywest Hotel in Saggart, run by Cape Wrath Hotel Unlimited, received the largest amount of money from the Government last year to accommodate asylum seekers.

It received over €53 million between January and September 2024.

Figures from the Department of Integration show €1.43 billion was paid out last year for accommodation to house asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees.

Several properties in Kildare linked to the Coldec Group have become focal points for planning disputes, state contracts, and some local concerns.

The owner of the 18th-century protected Ryevale House also took in millions last year.

Me Libérer, the owner company, has taken in around €3.79m of euro in state payments since May 2023.

Since 2022, The Celbridge Manor Hotel took in €12.6 million, with future plans to house homeless individuals under a Dublin City Council contract.

You can read more on that here and listen to our interview with Niall Sargent from online publisher The Currency.

 

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