St Patrick's Centre (Monaghan)
Long-running IPAS centre at Drumgoask, Poplar Vale, Monaghan, opened December 2001 (capacity 390; 354 residents in February 2025), operator Tattonward Ltd. A January 2024 HIQA inspection found pests and overcrowding. Coordinates are townland-level (approximate).
Capacity
354
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€10.9m
estimated
Background
The site is at Drumgoask, Poplar Vale, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan. 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.
- Jan 2024Regulatory finding
HIQA inspection finds pests and overcrowding
Per the Irish Examiner, RTÉ and The Irish Times, a HIQA inspection found cockroaches and overcrowding, and reported that a child was hospitalised as a direct result of the presence of pests. This was a published regulatory finding.
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 354 people reported here imply roughly €10.9m 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 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.