Anti-immigrant protesters burned a police vehicle and attacked officers near a building housing asylum seekers in Dublin on Tuesday, the justice minister said, a day after a man was arrested for an attack on a young girl nearby.

Dublin, Ireland, protests turned violent Tuesday and a police car was set ablaze after a migrant allegedly sexually assaulted a girl in state child care.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin on Thursday condemned the "shocking, thuggish rioting" in Dublin, where scores of people were arrested in two nights of violent protests against asylum seekers.

Speaking at a press conference at Garda HQ in central Dublin on Thursday, Ms Richardson appealed for people attending any protest this evening not to get involved in violence

Irish police arrested six individuals following violent protests outside a Dublin hotel housing asylum seekers, triggered by an alleged sexual assault on a young girl. , World News, Times Now

GARDAI have been targeted with fireworks and a cop van was set ablaze as a protest following the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in Dublin turned ugly. More than 2,000 protesters gathered