Naas to get refugees fleeing ISIS war according to Government
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said that 90 areas across the country were originally identified as potential sites, with just 26 being deemed suitable by the Department of Justice.
The other locations include Killarney, Kilkenny, Carlow, Cavan, Monaghan, Carrickmacross, Carrick-on-Shannon, Roscommon, Sligo, Ballina, Castlebar, Ennis, Limerick, Cork, Tralee, Thurles, Portlaoise, Tullamore, Waterford, Naas, Arklow and Mullingar.
There are also sites in the four Dublin local authorities areas.
So far 129 refugees have arrived here this year from Lebanon and Jordan, with a further 62 from Syria due to arrive before the end of the year.
Refugees are being accommodated temporarily at the former Hazel Hotel in Monasterevin.