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Government Announces Special Support Package For Communities With Highest Proportion Of Asylum Seekers

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he understands that people are concerned.

Communities with the highest proportion of asylum seekers are to get a special support package.

The move comes in the after scuffles broke out between Gardaí and some protestors yesterday as 17 women and children arrived at Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he understands people in the town are concerned and acknowledged that only a small number of people were involved in the scuffle.

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