Ex-councillor suing owner of firebombed Rooskey Hotel

The protests have died down in Rooskey, but the row over a former hotel that was supposed to be a direct provision centre for asylum seekers is rumbling on.

Court filings show that former county councillor James Keogh, who wanted to lease the former hotel for use as a direct provision centre, is suing James Kiernan, the owner of the hotel, along with a group of investors who wanted to buy it from ...