FACTCHECK: What is the population of Dundrum?

With the recent announcement that an IPAS centre to accommodate 277 international protection applicants will be run from Dundrum House Hotel, concerns among the locals of Dundrum village are growing, due to the rapid expansion of the population.

Concerned locals on social media have expressed their worries that services in the village will be stretched beyond their capabilities, with many claiming the village does not have the facilities to deal with such a rapid influx of people into the populous, including doctors and schools not being able to keep up with the incline.

In the most recent census, conducted in 2022, the population of Dundrum village is listed as 221 individuals.

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The area covered within this census goes from slightly beyond the split in the road at the Golden Vale, to the crossroads where the R661 and the R505 meet.

The surveyed area encompasses a total land area of 0.4009 square kilometres within these parameters, leading to a population density of 551.3 individuals per square kilometre.

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Though concerns have grown amongst locals that the population of the village is due to increase by more than double the total population at present, the hotel in which the IPAS centre will be run from is not included in the surveyed area.

Among other areas not included in the survey is Knockavilla village, located a similar distance from the hotel on the far side, as well as various residential areas around Dundrum village, though the exact number of people living in this area cannot be accounted for.