Gardai Maintain Anti Immigration Protest In South Dublin

Gardaí have maintained a presence outside a building that was damaged in South Dublin overnight by a group of anti-migrant protesters.

It's understood the building in Ballybrack was targeted, as some believed it was being re-purposed to house asylum seekers.

Several windows in the building in Ballybrack were smashed overnight and Gardai have maintained a presence outside the premises since.

Anti-immigrant protesters believe that the building is being repurposed to accommodate asylum seekers.

Meanwhile an independent councillor for Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown, whose family home was attacked on Monday evening in Ballybrack, has appealed to people to welcome refugees and asylum seekers and help them integrate rather than protesting and alienating them.

A rock with the message "stop supporting refugees" was thrown through the window of independent councillor Hugh Lewis' family home. He said his father was left pretty shaken by the incident:

The Department of Immrigation haven’t confirmed if the building in Ballybrack that was targeted is to be used to accommodate asylum seekers.