Two members of the Irish police service, An Garda Siochana, were taken to hospital with injuries sustained during clashes with protesters.

One garda was struck on the head by a bottle while the other garda sustained a shoulder injury.

Hundreds of people gathered near the entrance of a hotel housing asylum seekers in an area on the west side of the capital on Wednesday.

It was the third night of demonstrations at Citywest following an alleged sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl in the vicinity of the hotel in the early hours of Monday morning.

A 26-year-old man, who cannot be named because of rules that apply to all sexual assault cases in the Republic of Ireland, appeared in court on Tuesday charged over the alleged incident.

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said “many have been arre

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