It's thought the incident occurred at approximately 12pm on Friday the 24th of January as the region was emerging from a Red Weather Alert.

On the first floor, there’d be 11 en suite bedrooms, all of which would be between 20 and 31 square metres.

The nature or cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

Sinn Féin TD and general election candidate Claire Kerrane says the accommodation of immigrants has been badly mishandled.

Local councillors are trying to prevent the plans from going ahead.

Initial work has begun on the site at Lissywollen as part of plans to house up to 1,000 international protection applicants.

The health watchdog found the centre to be compliant or partially compliant in all but one standard.

Public meeting tonight following approach from Department of Integration.