Gardaí check identification of residents before permitting them through barriers outside the Citywest hotel and Ipas Centre on Thursday. Photograph: Collins
“For some people, it is stressful, very stressful. I am not afraid, but some people are, and children, of course, because they didn’t go to school yesterday,” said Tetiana Alexandra, a 74-year-old from the Donbas in Ukraine, who had come out of the Citywest centre on Thursday morning following a second successive night of violent rioting.
She has lived at the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation for the last three years, and said she felt “protected” as she spoke, pointing to about 20 gardaí who remained stationed at the entrance.
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