A still image from CCTV shows a man starting a fire at an Ipas centre in Drogheda, Co Louth, last weekend.
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has described the arson attack on the International Protection Accommodation Services (Ipas) centre in Drogheda last week as “attempted murder”.
Referring to the violence of the past two weeks, he said it was “extremely important that in this House, we do not allow that extreme behaviour, or the criminal acts of others, to dictate our policy when it comes to international protection”.
The Minister was speaking in a Dáil debate on international protection on Wednesday, during which he outlined measures being taken t
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