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Violence erupts at Dublin site earmarked for asylum seekers
Fifteen people are charged with offences after disturbances described by the Irish PM as "reprehensible".
BBC News
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while Dublin City and its suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, and County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500.
Fifteen people are charged with offences after disturbances described by the Irish PM as "reprehensible".
Protesters in Dublin have attacked police officers and set vehicles on fire at a site designated to house asylum seekers.