Asylum seekers were forced to sleep in tents on Mount Street in Dublin city centre, as the Government struggled to cope with the influx of immigrants. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
The State must pay €9,500 and €6,000 to two male asylum seekers who were left homeless upon their arrival in the State three years ago, a High Court judge has ruled.
In a decision that will affect some 50 other claims, Judge Cian Ferriter held that the two men should be compensated for the State’s breach of its duties to them.
He said the damages were intende
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