According to Fianna Fáil Councillor Noel Thomas, the damage to Ross Lake House from the fire is devastating.
When asked about the extent of the damage he told Galway Beo: "It's all gone."
Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil councillor for Connemara North, Séamus Walsh, has told Galway Bay FM that while nobody could condone criminal damage, the government needs to take some responsibility.
"If it was a criminal act we have to stand back and look at it. What made that criminal act happen? And it's the senseless policy of the government."
"The people are living in fear, as I said, and if it was done maliciously, it is absolutely the fear for the safety and well-being of their families that drove people to this."
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When asked about the extent of the damage he told Galway Beo: "It's all gone."
Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil councillor for Connemara North, Séamus Walsh, has told Galway Bay FM that while nobody could condone criminal damage, the government needs to take some responsibility.
"If it was a criminal act we have to stand back and look at it. What made that criminal act happen? And it's the senseless policy of the government."
"The people are living in fear, as I said, and if it was done maliciously, it is absolutely the fear for the safety and well-being of their families that drove people to this."
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Details unconfirmed.
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"We have flooded the country at the moment. There's no regulation in relation to how people are being brought into the country, and unfortunately people are just fed up with it. They've had enough, and now they're starting to come out and show that.
"People are coming out now in numbers to stand strong and barricade places off like this and you're going to see an awful lot more of that."
-Fianna Fáil Councillor Noel Thomas reacts to last night's fire at a Georgian mansion in Rosscahill which was earmarked to accommodate 70 asylum seekers.
Broadcast: Virgin Media News | 17 Dec 2023
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"People are coming out now in numbers to stand strong and barricade places off like this and you're going to see an awful lot more of that."
-Fianna Fáil Councillor Noel Thomas reacts to last night's fire at a Georgian mansion in Rosscahill which was earmarked to accommodate 70 asylum seekers.
Broadcast: Virgin Media News | 17 Dec 2023
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A tour of Ross Lake House, AKA Killaguile House, by its new owners from Texas, before the Georgian mansion was destroyed in a fire last night, after it was announced that 70 asylum seekers were set to be accommodated there. The former hotel was bought for €1.4 million in 2022.
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Minister Roderic O'Gorman has told RTÉ that asylum seekers numbers are set to increase so he will be bringing forward proposals to build greater amounts of state-owned direct provision centres around the country to provide better value for taxpayers.
Broadcast: RTÉ Radio 1 | 18 Dec 2023
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Refugee fears in Roscahill
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A refugee who has lived in Galway for the past twenty years has told RTÉ that had she witnessed the type of protest seen in Roscahill over the weekend when she first came to Ireland, she might have considered going elsewhere.
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Fianna Fáil Councillor Noel Thomas has told RTÉ that he believes Ireland should no longer accept asylum seekers.
"The inn is full."
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A Labour local election candidate in Dublin has apologised for believing that the rate of immigration into Ireland is too high.
Carol Reynolds had told community activist Gavin Pepper, who is running as an independent local election candidate, that there were too many immigrants coming into Ireland and that it was wrong to label people who raise concerns about immigration "racist".
However, on Sunday, Reynolds issued a statement that she had made the comments in error and wished to express her regret for stating them.
Speaking to The Journal today, Labour leader Ivana Bacik said the party has launched an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the comments which she said do not align with Labour values.
“We take this very seriously, there’s no doubt about that.”
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Carol Reynolds had told community activist Gavin Pepper, who is running as an independent local election candidate, that there were too many immigrants coming into Ireland and that it was wrong to label people who raise concerns about immigration "racist".
However, on Sunday, Reynolds issued a statement that she had made the comments in error and wished to express her regret for stating them.
Speaking to The Journal today, Labour leader Ivana Bacik said the party has launched an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the comments which she said do not align with Labour values.
“We take this very seriously, there’s no doubt about that.”
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Ross Lake Fire Reaction
Galway Bay FM
Fianna Fáil councillors Noel Thomas and Séamus Walsh speaking to Galway Bay FM this morning about the Ross Lake House fire on Saturday.
Séamus Walsh, who described himself as a disgruntled member of Fianna Fáil, said he might be put out of the party soon.
"We're getting phone calls last night from senior politicians asking us to come out against it and come out against our own people to keep well in with the party. Not happening!"
He also took issue with Green Party policies which have prevented work going ahead in the area.
"Every single thing we tried to do with Galway County Council over the last four years, Green party policies prevented it, and all the time in the council we're putting up with this crap, and now a Green minister comes along, and because he's feeling a bit of pressure from international forces and he wants to be jildy with them, he goes and shoves them [asylum seekers] in on top of us. No way, not happening!"
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Séamus Walsh, who described himself as a disgruntled member of Fianna Fáil, said he might be put out of the party soon.
"We're getting phone calls last night from senior politicians asking us to come out against it and come out against our own people to keep well in with the party. Not happening!"
He also took issue with Green Party policies which have prevented work going ahead in the area.
"Every single thing we tried to do with Galway County Council over the last four years, Green party policies prevented it, and all the time in the council we're putting up with this crap, and now a Green minister comes along, and because he's feeling a bit of pressure from international forces and he wants to be jildy with them, he goes and shoves them [asylum seekers] in on top of us. No way, not happening!"
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A redditor says social welfare staff are unofficially instructed to provide real PPS numbers to illegals when caught out under the 'Coming Clean Policy'.
>The document states where a person who entered the country illegally, and unlawfully obtained a PPSN and/or induced social welfare payments under a false identity, DSP will "regularise" the individual and grant them a new PPSN under their real identity - as they are "coming clean".
>You then had people whose whole story was a lie and they took, took, took from this State and left with an Irish passport in their pocket when we did catch them. Plus the vast majority have already lived, worked and had permission in another EU State or the UK.
This would explain why there are reports that Judge Desmond Zaidan is constantly annoyed by the number of illegals before him charged with possession of fake documents whom he learns in the meantime had been subsequently provided real work permits.
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>The document states where a person who entered the country illegally, and unlawfully obtained a PPSN and/or induced social welfare payments under a false identity, DSP will "regularise" the individual and grant them a new PPSN under their real identity - as they are "coming clean".
>You then had people whose whole story was a lie and they took, took, took from this State and left with an Irish passport in their pocket when we did catch them. Plus the vast majority have already lived, worked and had permission in another EU State or the UK.
This would explain why there are reports that Judge Desmond Zaidan is constantly annoyed by the number of illegals before him charged with possession of fake documents whom he learns in the meantime had been subsequently provided real work permits.
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"As bad as any drug cartel" and "worse than the English landlords."
Fermoy Fianna Fáil councillor William O'Leary on the property owners making a fortune in the asylum industry.
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"The carry on of people around this country who are buying these buildings and warehousing people into them... The people below in Tralee and above in Leixlip and even in Shanballymore can go around playing the big hard men, talking about the big bucks they're making. But they'd want to realise the damage they're doing to these towns. They're worse than the English landlords of decades ago. Their behaviour is as bad as any drug cartel.
"We've seen the carry on of some of these people here over the last few months across the country, but particularly here in Fermoy. Shame on them. Yes, Government has a lot to answer for, but these people are the biggest traitors out of everyone the way they're selling out communities, and it's easy for them to sit away wherever they are and not give a shite about the people of Fermoy."
-Cllr William O'Leary (FF).
The full debate on immigration in Fermoy last night is on youtube.
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"We've seen the carry on of some of these people here over the last few months across the country, but particularly here in Fermoy. Shame on them. Yes, Government has a lot to answer for, but these people are the biggest traitors out of everyone the way they're selling out communities, and it's easy for them to sit away wherever they are and not give a shite about the people of Fermoy."
-Cllr William O'Leary (FF).
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Marek & Lubomir Puska, the two brothers of Jozef Puska, along with his partner Lucia Istokova, have been sent forward for trial on charges of withholding information into the murder of Ashling Murphy.
The brothers' partners Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gazoiva have also been charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Jozef Puska while knowing or believing that he was guilty of the murder of Ashling Murphy, or of some other arrestable offence, contrary to Sections 7 and 4 of the Criminal Law Act.
Applications were made by their solicitor, David Powderly, for legal aid and a continuation of their bail conditions. He also requested that a previous restriction on reporting the addresses of the five accused be continued.
All five accused arrived at and left Tullamore courthouse in a black people-carrier taxi using a side door of the court while running and trying to conceal their faces (video here).
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The brothers' partners Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gazoiva have also been charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Jozef Puska while knowing or believing that he was guilty of the murder of Ashling Murphy, or of some other arrestable offence, contrary to Sections 7 and 4 of the Criminal Law Act.
Applications were made by their solicitor, David Powderly, for legal aid and a continuation of their bail conditions. He also requested that a previous restriction on reporting the addresses of the five accused be continued.
All five accused arrived at and left Tullamore courthouse in a black people-carrier taxi using a side door of the court while running and trying to conceal their faces (video here).
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