It’s being reported Ballinrobe’s Railway Inn will no longer be used for emergency accommodation for homeless people by Mayo County Council.
However, the Mayo News is reporting that in a bizarre twist, the hotel’s private owners have agreed to allow Roscommon County Council to use the property for the same purpose.
Before pulling out, Mayo County Council had housed around 25 homeless people at The Railway Inn.
The decision to cease using the hotel was taken following ‘ongoing reports of significant disturbances and antisocial behaviour’ associated with the facility and after ‘close consultation’ with local councillors.
Local Fianna Fail councillor Damien Ryan says he understands that there were more residents in the hotel than what Mayo County Council had put in.
Cllr. Ryan says there has been anti-social behaviour in the town recently and as a result a committee has been set up to address the matter.
He has been giving more details to Midwest Radio’s Michael D. McAndrew.
