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Is the CityWest purchase a failure of Government policy?

The Government last week authorised the purchase of the CityWest hotel in Saggart, Co Dublin, to ...

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17.23 24 Jun 2025


Is the CityWest purchase a failure of Government policy?


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The Government last week authorised the purchase of the CityWest hotel in Saggart, Co Dublin, to become a state-owned International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centre for asylum-seekers.

According to Eoin O’Malley, Associate Professor of Politics at DCU, the CityWest hotel can be described as “a monument to Irish policy failure”.

Eoin joins Jonathan Healy to discuss.


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