About 16 asylum seekers set up tents in small park near canal over weekend
Members of the group shouted abuse and attempted to intimidate the 16 men who had set up tents in a small park near the Royal Canal.
The incident occurred as dozens of gardaí were dealing with a serious public order incident in Coolock about 7km away. Fifteen people were arrested and at least one security guard was injured during the day long violence outside a vacant factory earmarked for asylum seeker accommodation. Gardaí attended the site overnight on Saturday after a number of hooded men yelled racist slurs at the asylum seekers and threatened them with violence. However, no arrests were made.
“They were shouting as they left, saying ‘go back to your own country’ and all the rest,” said one local resident who asked not to be named for safety reasons.
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