Police officers were attacked with missiles and fireworks after violence flared outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers.

Some 23 arrests were made on the night of Oct 22. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Garda van was set on fire and one officer left injured after a 'violent' protest broke out outside an asylum hotel in Dublin.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin on Thursday condemned the "shocking, thuggish rioting" in Dublin, where scores of people were arrested in two nights of violent protests against asylum seekers.

Speaking at a press conference at Garda HQ in central Dublin on Thursday, Ms Richardson appealed for people attending any protest this evening not to get involved in violence

Irish police arrested six individuals following violent protests outside a Dublin hotel housing asylum seekers, triggered by an alleged sexual assault on a young girl. , World News, Times Now

GARDAI have been targeted with fireworks and a cop van was set ablaze as a protest following the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in Dublin turned ugly. More than 2,000 protesters gathered