Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he is “very concerned about the rise of the far right” in Ireland and that recent violent scenes are “not the Irish way”.
There have been a number of protests and demonstrations in recent weeks regarding the arrival of International Protection seekers in various parts of the country.
There was a large protest outside Finglas garda station in Dublin on Wednesday evening. On Monday, a building was set alight in the north inner city of Dublin following suggestions that migrants would move into the locality.