Gardai have blocked off approach roads to Citywest IPAS centre, now clashing with/pursuing some groups at points around cordon.
This was at Carrigmore Glen at 9.30pm, about 1km from IPAS centre. Public Order Unit has been using pepper spray
Over the course of the evening over 300 members of An Garda Síochána were on duty, including over 150 uniform members, 120 Public Order members, Mounted Unit and Dog Unit supported by members in Air Support Unit and Regional Control rooms.
#saggart
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Garda Commissioner condemns Citywest violence, says this was “not protest, but thuggery.”
Garda van set on fire, officers attacked. Arrests underway.
#Dublin#Ireland#Saggart
WATCH: Protestors shoot fireworks at Gardaí (Garda/police) outside the Citywest Hotel complex in Dublin, Ireland.
An asylum-seeker is alleged to have assaulted a young girl in Saggart, leading to the protests.
📍Saggart Village
The POU have completely lost the run of themselves.
They've pushed into the heart of the village and continuing to assault residents of the town in scenes eerily similar to Newtownmountkennedy.
All this to protect an illegal African paedophile rapist.
🚨BREAKING: Large crowds of angry locals hurl glass bottles at Gardaí by outside Citywest Hotel in Saggart, Co Dublin.
Fireworks continue to be launched at officers defending the entrance to the hotel.
The Irish have had enough.