Crooksling (former St Brigid's Nursing Home)
Former St Brigid's Nursing Home at Crooksling, Brittas, Co. Dublin, on the N81. Listed by IPAS, it ran as a tented site for single men from March 2024 (peak around 500), with the planning basis (SI 481/2024) revoked in May 2025 and the site closed. A fire damaged the vacant building before it opened, on 4 February 2024. Coordinates are townland-level (from townlands.ie).
Capacity
500
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
—
estimated
Background
The site is at Former St Brigid's Nursing Home, Crooksling, Brittas, Co. Dublin. 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.
Incidents & reporting
Only events reported by named outlets and explicitly tied to this site are listed. Charges are allegations, not convictions — the presumption of innocence applies.
- Feb 2024Under investigation
Fire before opening
A fire caused serious damage to the vacant former nursing home before it opened, on 4 February 2024; more than 40 firefighters attended and a Garda senior investigating officer was appointed. Protest signs had appeared in the preceding weeks. No charges or convictions were reported.
TheJournal.ie · source
Sources
gov.ie (IPAS) · Sep 2024. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.