Travelodge Townsend Street
The Travelodge (Travelodge Plus) on Townsend Street in Dublin 2 is used by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) as a Direct Provision accommodation centre. The Department of Children's official Q2 2025 IPAS inspection report (part of the gov.ie 'Inspections of Direct Provision and EROC Centres in County Dublin 2025' collection) records a contracted capacity of 100 and an occupancy on the day of inspection of 52 rooms / 80 people, with a single-adult profile (males and females) and no children onsite. The 393-bedroom hotel was developed by Pumkinspice Ltd (Tifco hotel group) and was first contracted to house international-protection applicants in 2022; the property also operates commercially under the Travelodge Plus brand.
Capacity
100
people (reported)
Per night
€84
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€3.1m
estimated
Background
The site is at Townsend Street, Dublin 2. 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 100 people reported here imply roughly €3.1m 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 (Q2 2025), Travelodge Townsend · Q2 2025. View source
Coordinates geocoded from the published address/town via OpenStreetMap; status reflects the cited reporting and may have changed since.