had been in Ireland for four years, and had previously lived in Co Galway, while waiting for his residency application to be processed.

“Give me work and I don’t stay here,” the man said.

The accommodation in Killarney was very good, he said, when asked about the standard of the building. He said it was the first time he had come across such a protest.

A 48-year-old man from India said he was from Punjab and was seeking asylum because of the war there. He said he had been in Ireland for two months and had also spent time in Co Donegal.

One protester asked an Albanian resident where his family was while others remarked how the asylum seekers had “brilliant English”.

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Mr Grady, who organised the protest and said they wouldThe Athy choir controversy could have apparently taken another turn.

Kfm News understands that the gay couple at the centre of the issue have decided to once again step down from choral duties as a result of a letter sent to a Catholic newspaper by local curate, Fr Brendan Kealy who is leaving the parish on transfer.

In the letter, which Kfm's Kildare Today discussed on Thursday, and which is published below, Fr Kealy disassociated himself from the couple's return to choral duties and the atmosphere at last Saturday night's 6pm mass and in a separate online article was quoted as saying that the event was hijacked by LGBT activists, whom he described as a mob.

Kfm efforts to contact the couple for comment have been unsuccessful thusfar.

Letter from Fr Brendan