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Around 80 tents pitched at Dublin’s Grand Canal as Labour’s Ivana Bacik says Government must ‘step up’ to provide accommodation

New tents spring up despite pledges from the Government that this would not be allowed to happen

Conor Feehan

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has asked that all government departments engage with each other to find accommodation for asylum-seekers as the number of tents pitched at the Grand Canal in Dublin reached 80 today.

Speaking on the canal bank at Mount Street Bridge, close to where an encampment of around 200 tents was dismantled last week, Ms Bacik said the problem will continue until all government departments with access to land and property engage with the Department of Integration.