College Crest
College Crest is listed by the Department of Justice's International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) as a Direct Provision accommodation centre in County Galway. It appears in the official gov.ie collection "Inspections of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Galway 2025", which includes a Q4 inspection report for the centre dated 23 December 2025. The centre is at College Crest Guest House, a Tudor-style guesthouse on College Road in Galway city, a short walk from Eyre Square. The published resident capacity is not stated on the inspection collection page.
Capacity
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people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
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estimated
Background
The site is at 5 College Road, Galway. 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.
Sources
gov.ie — IPAS Inspections of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Galway 2025 · Dec 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.