Coolock violence just the latest attack on sites earmarked for asylum seekers

The attack on the former Crown Paints factory site in Coolock is just the latest incident of violence and arson on a building earmarked for refugees in the last year.

At the site on the Malahide Road, anti-immigration protesters set a number of fires, one of which burnt a JCB digger, injured a security guard and threw objects at gardaí.

A number of petrol bombs were thrown and public order units brought the situation under control. A number of people have since been arrested and charged.

It is just the latest of over 20 incidents of arson at sites earmarked for asylum seekers over the past year.

In January, Niamh McDonald of the Hope and Courage Collective (an organisation that monitors far-right and anti-immigrant activity), told BreakingNews.ie that her organisation had documented over 20 arson attacks on buildings that had been earmarked for refugee accommodation in the past year.

In May, an RTÉ Prime Time Report said the figure of arson attacks now stood at 27 incidents.

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