Garda Commissioner and McEntee condemn violent scenes in Coolock

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has condemned “unacceptable” scenes when violence flared and his officers came under sustained attack at a disused factory designated as accommodation for asylum seekers in north Dublin.

Mr Harris said it had been a “difficult policing day”, while Taoiseach Simon Harris described the scenes at the former Crown Paints factory in Coolock as “reprehensible”.

Fifteen people, thirteen men and two women, appeared before a late-night sitting at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday, charged with a range of public order offences.

Another four people have been arrested.

A number of Garda cars were damaged during the disturbances and garda public order officers used incapacitant spray on anti-immigration protesters who threw missiles at them.

At one point on Monday, the protesters tried to move away from the factory towards Coolock Garda station before…

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