Hibernian Hotel (Abbeyleix)
Tudor-Revival former hotel on Main Street, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, opened as a direct provision / IPAS centre in 2018 (63 registered; 40 residents including 19 children in Feb 2024). A February 2024 HIQA inspection flagged fire-safety and Garda-vetting failings.
Capacity
63
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€1.9m
estimated
Background
The site is at Hibernian Hotel, Pembroke Terrace, Main Street, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois. 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 63 people reported here imply roughly €1.9m 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 · Feb 2024. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.