Brian O'Connell
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She's 20 now.
Did her leave and search here.
She's working now full time.
And she says from next week on, the problem from her is she's no idea where she's going to be living.
This is some of her story.
How many of you are in the room?
So what's your situation now?
You got this notice recently.
What about private rental accommodation?
Is that very difficult to try and get?
Now you've got 100 people suddenly looking for accommodation in Kalarna.
Can you understand the government's decision?
There is and like Patrick Evison, the owner, said they tried where possible to help
source accommodation I mean it's in his interest as well because some of those living in the hotel also work in the hotel now and have done for the past few years and they've come to rely on them as very good employees but I suppose despite this uncertainty Patrick Evison the owner of the hotel in Killarney is confident there will be capacity in the area
Did you get a sense that societal mood was shifting?
Although I think one of the criticisms that people had was placing so many people in tourist areas and they felt that the impact that had on the economic spend on the street.
Yeah.
What they pointed out was that with all of these contracts, there is a 30-day no-fault termination clause that's available to the provider and to the department as well.
So in this case, the provider has chosen to terminate the contract
With the department we heard, the context is obviously there's changes coming down the tracks from summer onwards.