People in the area are “heartbroken” that such an attack happened, says one protester
Social Affairs Correspondent Kitty Holland speaks to In The News about witnessing an attack by men with dogs and a baseball bat on a makeshift tent camp in Dublin on Saturday.
Protesters in Ashtown on Monday evening chanted “Reject fear racist attacks end here” and “Homes for all not racism” while several people carried placards reading slogans such as “everyone is welcome here”. One of the protesters said he was embarrassed about the attack on migrants and “felt the need to come out and protest it”. Photograph: Tom Honan
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