Some hotels 'might never return to tourism' after state contracts to house migrants end

"The use of hotels to accommodate refugees and asylum-seekers has a significant impact on the sector, affecting the economy by an estimated €750m to €1.1bn."

"There has been no short-term solution to it and hopefully it is something we will see better solutions for from the Government in the short to medium term."

"If hotels are coming back in, there will be big capital expenditure requirements as well because hotels were not built for people to live in them."

"Ms Keogh said many of the hotels that did come back to the tourism sector might expect to perform well there again."

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