Coolock unrest

Stories realting to unrest in Coolock, Dublin in 2024 over protests around old Crown Paints factory being prepared as accommodation for international protection applicants

Accommodating asylum seekers

High Court has judged that the Irish Government is breaching asylum seekers’ human rights

Small protest at site earmarked for asylum seekers in Coolock

About 60 people have gathered, although Coolock Says No says it did not organise the protest

Mixed views in Dundrum about arrival of asylum seekers, residents say

Analysis shows accommodation centres are located in areas ranging from very affluent to extremely disadvantaged

Harris calls for more consultation with gardaí over planned international protection accommodation

Policing Authority told some protesters in Coolock, opposed to use of former Crown Paints factory, had genuine concerns but were ‘infiltrated’ by ‘troublemakers’

Government will not be dictated to by small, violent group opposed to asylum accommodation, says Tánaiste

Micheál Martin says recents attacks on gardaí former Crown Paints factory in Coolock represents attack on the State and its citizens

Judge finds in favour of Crown Paints in rent dispute over Coolock premises

Landlords argued Crown Paints was required to pay market rent for over four years before leaving premises in 2022

Drones being used to deliver unlit petrol bombs to Coolock site, High Court hears

‘Crackle of violence’ could spark into flames at site being developed as accommodation for mainly Ukrainians

Sinn Féin pledges new migration system in significant policy shift

SF seeks end to ‘two-tier system’ favouring Ukrainians and calls for ‘audit’ of services before asylum seekers are moved into any area

Flammable liquids and rags for incendiary devices found during Garda policing at Coolock

Devices risk ‘serious harm to human life as well as criminal damage to property’, gardaí say

Coolock unrest: Fourth fire at former Crown Paints factory

Separately a number of arrests were made in Dundalk, Co Louth, after anti-immigrant protesters and a counter-protest took place, with members of the Public Order Unit separating the two groups

Coolock unrest: Why can’t gardaí prevent fires at former Crown Paints factory?

Force cannot provide ‘free security service’ for large former Crown Paints building at centre of protest, sources say

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Third fire in three days at Coolock site earmarked for international protection applicants

Gardaí believe arsonists have been scaling a fence, setting fires and escaping before flames are noticed

Mary Lou McDonald accuses Government of ‘arrogant and disrespectful’ attitude to Coolock residents

Sinn Fein president called for engagement over community concerns on site of international protection accommodation

Three gardaí injured and one man arrested after further unrest following Coolock protests

Hundreds of people gather at the former Crown Paints factory on Malahide Road, earmarked for international protection applicants

‘Coolock says no and we mean it’: How disinformation lit a torch in the north Dublin suburb

If you are convinced your community is being ‘invaded’, it becomes easier to justify violence. Disinformation is an accelerant that incites hate and fuels extremism

Asylum protesters ‘are not us’, says Taoiseach at MacGill Summer School

Simon Harris says everyone is entitled to protest but not to ‘lawlessness’

Volunteers guard tents of asylum seekers overnight amid rising threat of violence

Male international protection applicants advised to find less visible locations to camp as tension expected to rise on Friday night

‘At the heart of this is poverty’: How Coolock’s pressure-cooker finally exploded

A perceived lack of consultation about immigration is cited repeatedly by local residents when asked about root cause of unrest

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The slogans ‘Ireland is Full’ and ‘Stop the new plantation of Ireland’ are comically historically illiterate

Coolock unrest: Fire at Crown Paints building earmarked to house asylum seekers

Two units of Dublin Fire Brigade are attending the scene

Anti-immigration protesters in Coolock discussed driving into Garda lines with stolen cars

Gardaí are assessing footage of the discussion, along with hundreds of hours of CCTV footage

Eyewitness account: Most of the violence in Coolock appeared recreational; perpetrated by boys excited at the prospect of chaos

Coolock violence: ‘These are the same young fellas who pelt bricks at fire brigades and ambulances for fun, they’re just out for havoc’

Tensions remain high in Coolock with fears of potential fresh violence at site earmarked for asylum-seeker housing

Gardaí monitoring site planned for international protection applicants with up to 50 protesters still present

Plan to house asylum seekers at Coolock site will go ahead, says O’Gorman

Social Democrats leader says: ‘Coarsening debate around immigration is leading to increased attacks on migrant communities’

It’s taken years of discrimination to start the fires in Coolock. It will take years to put them out

If we can’t have an honest national conversation and take steps to de-escalate, someone may die

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