Protesters throw fireworks at gardaí near the Citywest Hotel in Saggart on Wednesday night. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Protesters have thrown masonry, flares, glass bottles and wooden planks at members of An Garda Síochána near a Dublin hotel.
Gardaí are attempting to disperse the crowd from the area outside the Citywest Hotel in Saggart.
A mounted garda unit and a dog unit are at the scene, with a police helicopter providing air support.
Stones and fireworks have also been thrown at gardaí for a second consecutive night outside of the hotel. Hundreds of protesters gathered near the entrance of the hotel housing asylum seekers.
A firework launches at gardaí outside the hotel. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
It is the secondnight of demonstrations at the hotel following an alleged sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl in the vicinity of the hotel in the early hours of Monday morning.
Earlier, Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly said there will be a “robust response” to any continued disorder following a night of violence on Tuesday..
Mr Kelly said
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