Six arrests in Ireland during protest against asylum seeker housing

Six people have been arrested during a protest at a site earmarked to house asylum seekers in Ireland. Gardai said officers came under attack after workers were brought onto the site in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, yesterday. They suffered 'verbal and physical abuse throughout the day, which escalated into rocks and other missiles being thrown this evening', Gardaí said. Fires were lit and an axe was found during the incident.

It is reportedly being considered as a site for 20 eight-person tents housing asylum seekers but some locals have said it is unsuitable and the village's resources are already over-stretched. Earlier this month, a small fire was lit on the site, which gardaí are still investigating.

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