Eyrepowell Hotel
The Eyrepowell Hotel (Eyre Powell Hotel) on Lower Main Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, is listed by IPAS in the gov.ie collection of 2025 inspection reports for County Kildare accommodation centres, which includes a Q2 2025 inspection report for the hotel. According to The Irish Times, the hotel has operated as a direct provision centre for international protection applicants for close to 25 years. In February 2025 The Irish Times reported it housed 137 people, including 27 children, when the Department issued relocation notices after Kildare County Council served a fire-safety notice stating the building may be unsafe at its current capacity and that remedial works were needed; the Department subsequently indicated that families with children would be prioritised to remain while capacity was reduced.
Capacity
137
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€4.2m
estimated
Background
The site is at Lower Main Street, Newbridge, 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.
Incidents & reporting
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- Feb 2025Regulatory action — fire-safety notice
Fire-safety notice and partial relocation of residents
According to The Irish Times, Kildare County Council issued a fire-safety notice indicating the Eyre Powell Hotel may be unsafe at its current capacity and that remedial works were needed. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth initially issued residents — then 137 people including 27 children — with notices to relocate, before announcing that families with children would be prioritised to remain at the centre while capacity was reduced and remedial works were scheduled.
The Irish Times · source
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 137 people reported here imply roughly €4.2m 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 · 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.