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Kippure Manor Estate in Blessington. >The owner of the estate is a Dublin-based company called Tondo Limited, whose directors are listed as Eoghan Coughlan, 39, and 63-year-old Joe ­Christle. >Both men are also involved in an investment firm called Quanta ­Capital, which has €1bn in assets. >The property has been leased to another company called Seefin Events Unlimited with directors Carol Dwyer, 56, and Sinéad Fennelly. >Seefin Events was paid €10,444,565 by the Department of Integration to provide accommodation for asylum seekers last year. >However, she and Ms Dwyer are directors of several other ­companies that received more than a combined €33m from State accommodation contracts last year. >Almost half the companies earning the most from lucrative State contracts to provide accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers are fully or majority-owned by entities based abroad. The new plantation of Ireland is a very profitable industry, and you're paying. 🔗extra.ie 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland