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The International Accommodation Protection Service (IPAS) centre in Clondalkin is in Dolcain House, on the South side of Monastery Road, between the GAA pitch and the SIAC building at the nearby roundabout: 53.319135, -6.381726.
It was the site of major protests last year, as can be seen here:
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Unfortunately though this might be a cautionary tale, because there is no evidence of the protests now and it seems to be up and running as a very large and active migrant centre. That said these centres are beginning to resemble prisons (or old RUC stations) as you can see from the special high steel boundary closing off any view into it.
This is the main entrance:
This is the view from Monastery Road:
This is the sight from the GAA club:
Its another potentially huge site, which could easily have been used to accommodate the lack of housing among Irish people here and elsewhere.
