Travelodge Galway City
The Travelodge Galway City hotel, on the Tuam Road at the Joyce Roundabout on the northern edge of Galway city, is used as an International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centre. A redacted IPAS inspection report published by gov.ie (inspection carried out on 18 August 2025) records the centre as commercial accommodation with a contracted capacity of 28 and an occupancy of 27 on the day of inspection, accommodating single men.
Capacity
28
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€858k
estimated
Background
The site is at Travelodge Galway City, Tuam Road, Joyce Roundabout, Galway. 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 28 people reported here imply roughly €858k 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
gov.ie — IPAS inspection report (Travelodge Galway City) · Aug 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.