Dublin asylum seekers: Accommodation search as more tents appear

The IPO building is just around the corner from where the tents are currently pitched on both sides of the Grand Canal.

Local charities are on the ground providing meals and information about support services.

The men are from different parts of the world and many say they have spent months travelling across continents to flee persecution in their homelands.

They are spending a lot of time in small groups supporting each other, while some place mats on the grass to pray.

When their meals are delivered by the charity workers, some of the men sit inside their tents.

Others eat their food while sitting discreetly outside, beside the canal walkway.

The presence of the tents along the popular canal walkways over the bank holiday weekend has increased pressure on the Irish government to provide suitable accommodation for the men.

It is understood alternative accommodation may become available in the coming days.