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WORKERS and residents at the Regina Coeli hostel have been in dispute with the owners of the hostel since being given notice that it was going to close.
The workers, most of whom are Unite members, have been suspended as they continued a “work-in” since January 12.
The management committee made the decision to close the hostel which is owned by the Legion of Mary, who support the decision.
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