The owner of an accommodation centre for asylum seekers in north Cork has agreed to meet residents to discuss concerns over conditions.
Residents staged a protest today over the conditions at the Millstreet Accommodation Centre at Drishane Castle.
The centre is home to around 240 asylum seekers.
It is understood four of the staff left because they claimed they felt intimidated, but one staff member remained behind.
Representatives of the residents met the owners and gardaí for over an hour-and-a-half.
It was agreed that the owners would look at a list of the residents' complaints and meet them again tomorrow.
Their concerns include the standard of food, especially baby food, access to open spaces, housekeeping issues and working washing machines.
Gardaí who attended the meeting have agreed that the ad hoc visits of a community garda would be regularised.
Owner Thomas Duggan referred all questions to the Department of Justice.
The Department said any diminution in standards that comes to its attention is treated very seriously.
