Galway Bay fm newsroom - A large crowd remains outside the former Connemara Gateway Hotel outside Oughterard this lunchtime after a proposal for a direct provision centre has been withdrawn.
The group has been holding a round the clock protest for weeks in a bid to highlight the area's opposition to the direct provision system.
The proposal will not now go ahead after the applicant withdrew from the tender process - for more, tune in to Galway Bay fm news on the hour...
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