The centre will be open before Christmas.
The Department of Justice has confirmed it intends to open a centre for asylum-seekers on the Roscommon-Leitrim border before Christmas.
The intended site of the centre would be the Shannon Key West Hotel in Rooskey, which has been inspected and meets the department's requirements for an accommodation centre.
The head of Leitrim County Council has today written to councillors to update them on the department's plans.
It is claimed the department intends opening the centre in six weeks' time, with asylum-seekers to be placed there as soon as it's open.
The facility may accommodate 80 residents, similar to the Richmond Court centre in Longford town.
