Six people have been arrested and three garda cars were damaged at a protest at a site earmarked to accommodate international protection applicants in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.
For the past six weeks protests have been held at the site known as Trudder House or River Lodge which has been earmarked to accommodate international protection applicants.In a statement, gardaí said"a number of trespassers were also identified on and removed from the site". Three garda cars were damaged during the incident, the statement said,"including broken windows and slashed tyres".In the statement, An Garda Síochána said that it"respects the right for citizens to exercise their constitutional rights; this right does not extend to breaches of Criminal Law, the interference with the rights of other citizens to carry out their daily activities, or to attack members of An Garda Síochána.