The manager of a local development organisation has called for a liaison committee to be set up in Tralee as 37 more asylum-seekers arrived in the town yesterday.
The asylum-seekers, from Slovakia, Romania, Nigeria and Kenya, arrived at the Johnston Marina Hotel - which is owned by the Office of Public Works - just 24 hours after a heated public meeting was told Tralee could expect an additional 100 asylum-seekers. Already the town has 86.
Fifty mobile homes to house a further 200 are being installed at Ballymullen Army barracks in Tralee.
The asylum-seekers arrived in a bus and two cars shortly before 6 p.m. They were not accompanied by officials from any State agency. They were given tea on arrival.
Mr Seamus O'Hara, chairman of Partnership Tralee, said that given the problems which had already arisen over lack of consultation, a liaison committee had now to be set up to address ongoing issues.
The chairwoman of Tralee UDC, Ms Norma Foley, said she felt "very much aggrieved" at the lack of consultation. "As the local and planning authority, we received no consultation and that is a disgrace."