The Hazel Hotel
Former Hazel Hotel on the Dublin Road, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, now an IPAS centre (35 en-suite rooms; 95 residents at the January 2024 HIQA inspection), provider Horizon House Group. Twelve of thirteen standards were assessed at least partially compliant.
Capacity
95
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€2.9m
estimated
Background
The site is at Former Hazel Hotel, Dublin Road, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, R56 K127. 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.
- Mar 2019Not treated as suspicious
Resident found dead nearby
The body of a male resident was found near the centre on 26 March 2019. Gardaí did not treat the death as suspicious and it was described as a personal tragedy; no crime was alleged. Support was offered to other residents.
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 95 people reported here imply roughly €2.9m 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
HIQA · Jan 2024. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.