Travelodge Ballymun
The Travelodge hotel on Shangan Road in Ballymun, Dublin 9, is used by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) to accommodate people who have applied for international protection. It appears in the Government of Ireland's official collection of IPAS inspection reports for County Dublin, with a Q2 2025 inspection report published. According to The Irish Times, the hotel had previously been used as a family hub for homeless families before being repurposed, and was reported to house around 221 international protection applicants, including families and children; by mid-2023 the paper reported it remained home to almost 200 asylum seekers.
Capacity
221
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€6.8m
estimated
Background
The site is at Travelodge, Shangan Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9. 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 2023Peaceful protest / public demonstration
Anti-migrant protests outside Shangan Road Travelodge
In early January 2023, crowds gathered nightly outside the Travelodge on Shangan Road, Ballymun, which was housing international protection applicants. According to The Irish Times, crowds of up to about 150 people chanted slogans including "Get them out" and protesters blocked the M50 motorway for roughly an hour and obstructed Ballymun Road and Santry Avenue. Dublin's then Lord Mayor, Caroline Conroy, was reported by the Irish Examiner to have said the protests were "orchestrated" by the far right. The newspaper reported the area had returned to calm by mid-2023.
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 221 people reported here imply roughly €6.8m 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
Government of Ireland (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.