The Shannon Quay West Hotel will not be repurposed as a direct provision centre. We are now shifting our focus to monitor the pending sale to Paradub Ltd to ensure the transition back to a tourism facility proceeds as intended.
February 4, 2019
Shannon Quay West Hotel, Ruskey, Co. Leitrim should not be used to house Asylum seekers to the detriment of the village and it's local population.
Final supporters
We the undersigned do strongly protest at the deceitful and underhand way the process of turning the Shannon Quay West Hotel, Ruskey, co. Leitrim, into a direct provision centre has been carried out.
There has been no proper dissemination of information amongst the local population in relation to this process. It is our view that changing the use of the hotel from a tourism resource to a direct provision centre for asylum seekers is a cynical attempt to enrich those at the heart of this process to the detriment of those seeking asylum and the local population.
The lack of resources is well known to those living in the area.
We demand our rights as Irish citizens to see our village return to prosperity.
We strongly support the initiative of Paradub Ltd. In pursuing their option to purchase the Shannon Quay West Hotel and to return it to its former state as a successful tourism hub and wish them well in their endeavour.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 15, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
November 14, 2018
November 13, 2018
We are approaching one hundred signatures which provides the necessary leverage for our upcoming correspondence with local representatives. Please prioritize circulating this link to residents in the immediate area to ensure our total reflects the full scale of local opposition before we submit our formal objection.
343 Comments
Our small village of 500 people could never cope with an extra 84 people from any place in one or two weeks. The infrastructure just isn't there. No doctors, no school places, no transport, no language teacher, no guards.
Our family has spent our holidays in Roosky every year for the last 30 years visiting family and friends. Turning the hotel into a service center for refugees in not in the interest of tourism, the local population or the refugees.
They need help not to be plonked in rooskey and forgotten about. There is no suitable amenities to cater for such a large influx of people never mind people who are traumatised. They should be housed somewhere that actually has facilities suitable for their needs.
The people of Rooskey have made great strides over the last 5 years to bring tourism and new business to the village. This Hotel needs to be opened as a Hotel to continue that great work, the hotel or the surrounding village is not suited to a direct provision centre
It makes absolutely no sense, either for the asylum seekers or the people of Rooskey. This location is also a major stopping off point for tourists cruising on the Shannon. This ludicrous decision has got to be rescinded.
Disgusting distribution of immigrants in a rural community
Every effort has to be made to get Rooskey back on its feet again. We need to get the Hotel reopened for tourism and this would be a massive step towards growing the village back to its former greatness.
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The Shannon Quay West Hotel will not be repurposed as a direct provision centre. We are now shifting our focus to monitor the pending sale to Paradub Ltd to ensure the transition back to a tourism facility proceeds as intended.
February 4, 2019
Shannon Quay West Hotel, Ruskey, Co. Leitrim should not be used to house Asylum seekers to the detriment of the village and it's local population.
Final supporters
We the undersigned do strongly protest at the deceitful and underhand way the process of turning the Shannon Quay West Hotel, Ruskey, co. Leitrim, into a direct provision centre has been carried out.
There has been no proper dissemination of information amongst the local population in relation to this process. It is our view that changing the use of the hotel from a tourism resource to a direct provision centre for asylum seekers is a cynical attempt to enrich those at the heart of this process to the detriment of those seeking asylum and the local population.
The lack of resources is well known to those living in the area.
We demand our rights as Irish citizens to see our village return to prosperity.
We strongly support the initiative of Paradub Ltd. In pursuing their option to purchase the Shannon Quay West Hotel and to return it to its former state as a successful tourism hub and wish them well in their endeavour.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 15, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
November 14, 2018
November 13, 2018
We are approaching one hundred signatures which provides the necessary leverage for our upcoming correspondence with local representatives. Please prioritize circulating this link to residents in the immediate area to ensure our total reflects the full scale of local opposition before we submit our formal objection.
343 Comments
This is not about being anti refugee or anti anything for that matter. It's about being against the idiocy of a proposal that catapults 80 foreign souls into a community that doesn't share their culture, language or religion and all the incongruences that that entails for both communities.
Our small village of 500 people could never cope with an extra 84 people from any place in one or two weeks. The infrastructure just isn't there. No doctors, no school places, no transport, no language teacher, no guards.
Our family has spent our holidays in Roosky every year for the last 30 years visiting family and friends. Turning the hotel into a service center for refugees in not in the interest of tourism, the local population or the refugees.
They need help not to be plonked in rooskey and forgotten about. There is no suitable amenities to cater for such a large influx of people never mind people who are traumatised. They should be housed somewhere that actually has facilities suitable for their needs.
The people of Rooskey have made great strides over the last 5 years to bring tourism and new business to the village. This Hotel needs to be opened as a Hotel to continue that great work, the hotel or the surrounding village is not suited to a direct provision centre
It makes absolutely no sense, either for the asylum seekers or the people of Rooskey. This location is also a major stopping off point for tourists cruising on the Shannon. This ludicrous decision has got to be rescinded.
Disgusting distribution of immigrants in a rural community
Every effort has to be made to get Rooskey back on its feet again. We need to get the Hotel reopened for tourism and this would be a massive step towards growing the village back to its former greatness.
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This is not about being anti refugee or anti anything for that matter. It's about being against the idiocy of a proposal that catapults 80 foreign souls into a community that doesn't share their culture, language or religion and all the incongruences that that entails for both communities.