Twenty-three people have been arrested and two police officers injured during a second night of disorder outside a Dublin hotel housing asylum seekers.
Peaceful protests started near the the CityWest Hotel in Saggart, west Dublin, earlier this week over an alleged sexual assault of a young girl in the area, but by Tuesday they had turned violent.
Rioters threw bottles and bricks, and discharged fireworks at officers on Wednesday evening, according to the police.
Two officers were taken to hospital for treatment, with one struck on the head by a bottle and the other sustaining an injury to their arm and shoulder.
“The public disorder was predominantly carried out by young adult males and teenagers,” the police said in a statement.