Man accused of sex assault of girl (10) near Citywest faces further charge
Following the alleged assault, there were violent scenes in Citywest, Dublin, resulting in more than 30 arrests
Citywest Hotel
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Hotels: 2025 deal volumes on course for a record-breaking €1.7bn
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State must keep trying to cut numbers applying for international protection, says Minister
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Man accused of sex assault of girl (10) near Citywest ‘fit to be tried’
The case triggered violent scenes in the following days, resulting in more than 30 arrests
‘They surround our car’: Families at Citywest Ipas centre tell of ongoing ‘harassment’
‘Intimidation’ includes children being told ‘go home’ and witnessing parents being called derogatory names
Boy (16) charged with violent disorder during Citywest riots granted bail
Secondary school pupil from Tallaght is the 28th person charged in connection with disorder in October
‘Dog-whistle racism’: How far-right claims of protecting women justify abuse of immigrants
Most far-right groups subscribe to an ideology propagating patriarchal view of women’s role in society, says expert
Gardaí unable to speak to girl (10) allegedly assaulted near Citywest ‘due to medical advice’
A 26-year-old man is accused of sexual assaulting a female at Garter Lane in Saggart
Security review of asylum seeker accommodation to be carried out ‘speedily’
Minister of State for Integration Colm Brophy reveals plan in wake of Drogheda fire
Where are the patriots protesting when Irish men are the ones carrying out assaults?
Surely the so-called patriots should be trebly furious when one of their own commits an atrocity
Citywest: Two charged over unrest as gardaí release scene footage
Juvenile male and man in his 40 arrested in connection with public order offences this week
‘Absolute violence and worse is the only thing that should happen’: How social media drove the Citywest riots
Far-right agitators, retweeted by prominent international figures including billionaire Elon Musk, used social media networks to foment anger
Legal challenges and security concerns around travel contributing to deportation backlog
Delays in deportations have come into focus this week after a 26-year-old was accused of assaulting a young girl in Saggart
Citywest unrest: Two charged with alleged public order offences in Saggart
Jonathan McCarthy ordered to stay away from all Ipas centres as part of his bail conditions
‘It was a frightening, dark night’: Inside Citywest as anti-immigration riots raged
More than 2,400 immigrants live in the centre - some are afraid to send their children to school outside after this week’s riots
‘This is our country, get them f***ing out’: Citywest riot raises questions for social media giants
There is now a depressingly familiar pattern to how this plays out – and at the centre of it all are online social media platforms.
Protesters return to Citywest but urge crowds not to engage in violence
‘Constant presence’ of gardaí confirmed at Ipas centre as footage released to identify rioters
‘I feel afraid because I have a daughter’ – Citywest Hotel residents on two nights of terror
Ipas residents watched videos of the riots unfold on their phones, a short walk from the gates
Citywest unrest: 17 people due in court charged with public order offences
Seventeen people due in court on Thursday morning charged with public order offences
Three gardaí injured and 23 people arrested in second night of Citywest public disorder
More than 500 people took part in disturbances during which one garda was hit in head with bottle
‘The kit was brutal in 2023’: How Garda handling of Citywest crowd shows progress from Dublin riots
Garda tactics and performance at unrest outside Citywest Hotel a sharp contrast with ‘hanging on for dear life’ in Dublin in 2023 riot
Five men remanded on bail and ordered to stay away from Citywest Hotel following unrest
Men aged between 39 and 53 have been remanded on bail to appear in court on various dates in November
The Citywest riot: 20 photographs capturing the night of violence in Saggart
Up to 1,000 people protested outside the IPAS centre, leading to six arrests following a sustained attack on gardaí
Ninety minutes of madness: How the Citywest riot exploded and then was quelled
Gardaí come under sustained attack from mob outside IPAS centre in Saggart
‘Hold your ground’: Six arrested as Garda van burned at Citywest Hotel
Up to 1,000 people gather near the driveway of premises in Saggart, Co Dublin
Man held over alleged attack on child (10) in Dublin remains in custody
Suspect, believed to be from Africa, was issued with deportation order following failed asylum bid
State paid over €400m to private emergency accommodation providers in three months
McEnaney Group was paid €19 million for providing accommodation to refugees and homeless
Citywest Hotel sold to State at €148m for asylum seeker accommodation
The Government is running a ‘community engagement plan’ following local concerns in Dublin
More than 130 properties offered for IP accommodation as Government looks to buy, not rent
Plan to provide 14,000 State-owned beds for asylum seekers, with purchase of Citywest a step towards goal
State spent nearly €416m on asylum seeker and Ukrainian accommodation in early 2025
Company behind Citywest Hotel, Cape Wrath Hotel Unlimited, paid €18.7m in first quarter of 2025
‘This isn’t about race or colour. This is about our community’: Locals protest at sale of Citywest Hotel
Saggart area residents say they are against the permanent loss of the biggest hotel in Ireland as there are no similar facilities locally
State to purchase Citywest hotel for €148m and use it as asylum seeker accommodation
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan says decision represents value with sum to be clawed back over a period of four years due to savings
Families facing deportation are ‘at serious risk of destitution’, warns refugee council
Those subject to orders to leave country cannot work or receive state help such as allowances or medical cards
Plan to expand asylum-seeker accommodation as Government nears purchase of Citywest Hotel
Department of Justice drops bitterly resisted plans to house international protection applicants at old Crown Paints site in Coolock
State paid more than €70.8m to Citywest hotel operator last year
Company running Dublin hotel received €18.1 million to accommodate asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees during final three months of 2024
Citywest Hotel receives almost €17m for asylum seeker and refugee accommodation in third quarter
Top hotel brands among recipients of €1.4bn in State fees during first nine months of 2024
State to buy Citywest Hotel to confront migrant crisis
Seen & Heard: Government’s plan to buy hotels, AIB chief on taxpayers’ money
Asylum seekers who were moved from tents told they may remain indoors ‘until further notice’
International protection applicants moved to Citywest were told to leave on Tuesday as ‘cold weather had now passed’
Hundreds of millions of euro paid to Irish companies for accommodating refugees and Ukrainians
Latest figures from Dept of Integration show hotel groups, the McEnaney family, and a US private equity group among those being paid for providing accommodation services
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Tetrarch secures permission for cemetery on old Citywest golf course
An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for 8,047 burial plots at the site in Saggart, west Dublin
No permission to remain: Asylum seekers told to leave Mount Street and taken to new accommodation
Early on Wednesday morning at the Mount Street encampment, gardaí began to move the roughly 200 asylum seekers out of their tents and onto buses to be transferred to tented accommodation in Crooksling, or to Citywest
Citywest hotel in Dublin was paid €53.6m to accommodate asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees in 2023
Large hotel groups and companies paid tens of millions in Government contracts to accommodate international protection applicants and Ukrainian refugees
Security guard at asylum seeker accommodation suspended after alleged assault on resident
Video of alleged incident at Citywest hub shows man being held down by two men with a third repeatedly punching him in the head
Children among asylum seekers sleeping in tents in near-freezing temperatures in Dublin city
Two 17-year-olds say they were denied entry to emergency accommodation in Citywest on Friday despite freezing temperatures
Analysis: Ireland waved goodbye to its world-famous welcome last year as anti-immigrant rhetoric gained foothold
Disinformation and fear-mongering around immigration have seeped into public consciousness on a scale like never before
8,047-plot cemetery on grounds of former golf course given green light in Dublin
South Dublin County Council has given green light for burial ground that will have more than 8,000 plots
Hotel firms were paid tens of millions of euro to accommodate refugees
Several companies were paid more than €10 million under State accommodation contracts, figures show
Differences between State’s treatment of Ukrainians and other asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’, Ombudsman says
Government warned preferential treatment of Ukrainian families over other asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’
Some asylum seekers refused re-entry to Citywest over ‘serious anti-social behaviour’
Fire drill at the facility on Tuesday led to identification checks on re-entry
Officials warn of potential for heightened tensions at Citywest transit hub during Ramadan
Warning is contained in papers supplied to Ministers ahead of meeting of Cabinet subcommittee on Ukraine crisis response
Five hospitalised and two men charged after fight at Citywest refugee hub
Facility has been closed to new arrivals since late January amid unprecedented pressure on State’s system for receiving and integrating refugees
Sharp decrease in number of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland recorded
New arrivals down 40 per cent since mid-November and 48 per cent since the start of 2023
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