Drumcreehy House
Drumcreehy House is a former guesthouse in Ballyvaughan, north Co. Clare, used as an International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centre. It is listed by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the gov.ie IPAS collection 'Inspections of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Clare 2025', with a Q4 inspection report dated 12 December 2025. Local reporting (Clare Echo, Clare FM) states the property operates under a contract to accommodate up to 34 international protection applicants, primarily families, across 18 en-suite rooms, with the contract held by Alber Capital Limited.
Capacity
34
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€1.0m
estimated
Background
The site is at Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, H91 N9D5. 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 34 people reported here imply roughly €1.0m 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 (Dept. of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth) · Dec 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.