Rock Centre Apartments (Ballinamore)
A 25-unit apartment complex above the Tesco in Ballinamore town centre, Co. Leitrim, owned by Remcoll 2 Ltd. According to The Irish Times, Irish Examiner and RTÉ, it was contracted as a direct provision centre in October 2019; after protests and a High Court injunction, seven families (reduced from an initial plan for around 130 people to 27) moved in that December. Coordinates are town-centre level (approximate).
Capacity
27
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€828k
estimated
Background
The site is at Rock Centre / Rock Quarter Apartments (above Tesco), Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim. 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.
- Oct 2019Under investigation
Attempted fire at the Tesco entrance
Per The Irish Times, petrol was poured and lit at the Tesco entrance beneath the apartments but failed to catch. Gardaí treated it as criminal damage by fire and made a CCTV appeal; no charge or conviction was reported.
The Irish Times · source
- Nov 2019Civil injunction
High Court injunction against protesters
The High Court granted Remcoll 2 Ltd an interim injunction restraining named protesters from trespass or impeding access. This was a civil order; it implies no wrongdoing beyond the restrained conduct.
Irish Examiner · 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 27 people reported here imply roughly €828k 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
The Irish Times · Dec 2019. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.