Athlone Accommodation Centre
Permanent family IPAS centre at Lissywollen, Athlone, Co. Westmeath — around 100 mobile homes (156 residents in August 2024; ~191 including 92 children in March 2025), operator Aramark. A March 2025 HIQA inspection was red high-risk across nine areas. This is distinct from the co-located, now-dismantled temporary tented site. Coordinates are area-level.
Capacity
191
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€5.9m
estimated
Background
The site is at Lissywollen, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Irish international protection accommodation is provided through IPAS (the International Protection Accommodation Service), under the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. For how the system works and what it costs, open the cost panel on the interactive map with Ireland selected.
Cost
Irish IPAS accommodation is funded by the State. At a blended benchmark of about €84 per person per night (the 2024 whole-system average reported by RTÉ), the 191 people reported here imply roughly €5.9m per year. This is an order-of-magnitude figure for context only, not a site-specific invoice — over 90% of IPAS accommodation is commercially provided and emergency rates run far above State-owned centres.
Sources
HIQA · Mar 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.