A Direct Provision Centre is to open in Milford in the coming days.
The centre for up to 150 asylum seekers is to be open at the Mulroy Woods Hotel.
The International Protection Accommodation Service is to house the displaced people in 32 family rooms.
The Tirconail Tribune reports that the contract for the deal with hotel owners Peppard Investment Limited is for a period of two years.
Local Deputy Padraig Maclochlainn has expressed his concerns over the move and the impact it will have on the local community.
For full story see this week’s Tirconail Tribune.