Ukraine

Former Kildare hotel to house up to 350 Ukrainian refugees

Celbridge Manor Hotel, recently sold by US businessman for a fee reportedly in the region of €5.5m, will take in refugees from next week

The Celbridge Manor Hotel was the site of controversy earlier this year after its former owner left former staff waiting months for redundancy payments

A well-known former Kildare hotel has been commissioned to house up to 350 Ukrainian refugees as the state scrambles to find accommodation for overseas arrivals amid a worsening supply shortage.

The 66-bed Celbridge Manor Hotel will take in 47 Ukrainian refugees from next Monday, with more families and single adults to be accommodated there in the coming weeks.

The move was confirmed by Roderic O’Gorman, the Minister for Children, in a letter to Catherine Murphy, ...