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Over 1,500 people marched in a silent demonstration through the town of Oughterard on Saturday in opposition to any plans to accommodate asylum seekers at the former Connemara Gateway Hotel. The population of the town was 1,318 according to the 2016 census.

The protesters started their procession at Oughterard church and finished at the hotel. Protesters were asked to wear yellow vests in one flyer.

The march took place a day after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar urged TD Noel Grealish to “withdraw” and clarify his claim at a monster meeting last week that persecuted Christians from Syria would not be accommodated at the hotel and the people who would be coming were African economic migrants who wanted to “sponge” off the system. His remarks received a huge applause:

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Minister David Stanton told Miriam O’Callaghan that the reason locals are not consulted until asylum seekers are about to moved into a town is that telling them would break confidentiality before a contract is signed. Miriam didn’t ask how renovations are able to be carried out on a hotel to prepare it for asylum seekers if no contract has been signed.

Stanton has been blasted on a number of times for failing to consult with communities over asylum seekers being moved into their towns. In Moville, locals found out on a Friday evening that one of their hotels would would be used to accommodate asylum seekers and consequently nobody in the government could be reached until the following Monday and even councillors had been left in the dark. This caused panic in the town.

However, Shannonside broadcaster Joe Finnegan
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Traitor David Stanton still refuses to consult with communities until asylum seekers are being moved in! Why not deport the 80% failed migrants? – iTV.ie