Twenty-three people have been arrested following an hours-long stand off with police near Dublin, during which officers were struck with fireworks, stones and other debris.
The chaos unfolded outside an asylum seeker hotel in Citywest where hundreds had gathered in the wake of an alleged sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl in the vicinity of the accommodation block in the early hours of Monday.
Two members of the Irish police force were hospitalised with injuries during the third night of demonstrations and second night of disorder in eastern Ireland, following clashes with protesters.
One member of An Garda Siochana was struck on the head with a bottle, while another sustained a shoulder injury.
Footage from the protest on Wednesday evening showed Public Order Unit officials with plastic shields and body protection, while some attendees threw items including flares, glass bottles and wooden planks at them.
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