DeBurgh Manor
DeBurgh Manor (also known as Bert House) is a Georgian manor house at Bert, near Kilberry, Athy, Co. Kildare, on the banks of the River Barrow. It is listed by the Department of Justice's International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) as a Direct Provision / Emergency Reception and Orientation Centre, appearing with its own inspection report in the gov.ie collection 'Inspections of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Kildare 2025' (report dated 3 October 2025). According to the Kildare Nationalist (13 May 2026), the centre accommodates couples and single females, has a stated capacity of around 112-120 and was recorded at roughly 102-108 residents on the inspection date, with inspectors noting a marked improvement on the previous inspection.
Capacity
120
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€3.7m
estimated
Background
The site is at Bert, Kilberry, Athy, Co. Kildare. 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 120 people reported here imply roughly €3.7m 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
gov.ie / IPAS — Inspections of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Kildare 2025 · Oct 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.