Violent protests at a migrant hotel in Dublin. Police car set on fire by angry mob over alleged rape
Protesters in Dublin set fire to a police car. Photo credit: Peter MURPHY / AFP / Profimedia
Anti-immigrant protesters set fire to a police vehicle and attacked officers near a building housing asylum seekers in Dublin, the justice minister said, a day after a man was arrested for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl.
Tuesday night's incident comes two years after anti-immigrant protesters sparked a major riot in central Dublin following the stabbing of three children.
More than 1,000 people protested outside the building in west Dublin on Tuesday night, according to The Irish Times, which also published a video of a police car on fire.
Videos posted on X by Irish media and anti-immigrant activists showed people holding Irish flags and placards with anti-immigrant slogans. Protesters threw bottles and fireworks at the police.
UNBELIEVABLE SCENES FROM DUBLIN
Patriots are furious and they're not backing down.
There will be civil unrest in Ireland unless the politicians back down and START DEPORTING MIGRANTS
This sick experiment needs to stop
WE DEMAND OUT COUNTRIES BACKpic.twitter.com/tyqzpG0hqd
— Basil the Great (@Basil_TGMD) October 21, 2025
Six people who were involved in the violence were detained and a policeman received medical treatment for a leg wound.
Protesters carried Irish flags and placards reading “Irish lives matter” (“Irish lives matter”) and chanted “Get them out!”, according to AFP.
“It's no wonder that people who want to sow discord in our society use murder as a weapon,” Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan said in a statement. “This is unacceptable and will result in a strong reaction.”
The Irish, like the British, have been stabbed in the back by their own government.
They thought people would just stay silent and comply, even after a 10-year-old girl was raped by a migrant they allowed to waltz in? Enough!
Get them all out!#Dublin #Irelandpic.twitter.com/fNcFSCXNQx
— BLOODYRED (@trumpestfuture) October 21, 2025
Police announced Tuesday that a 26-year-old man has been charged in the area following an alleged aggravated assault on a minor.
The leader of the largest opposition party, Sinn Fein, told parliament on Tuesday that the man had a deportation order issued in his name in March this year.
O'Callaghan said he had asked the most senior official in his department for a detailed briefing on the handling of the asylum claim in this case. Police did not respond to Reuters' request for comment on the case.
Although Ireland is almost unique in Europe in having no far-right members of parliament, recent years have seen a sharp rise in the visibility of anti-immigration groups, with regular rallies to call for restrictions on immigration.
