Vacant buildings near Dublin were set on fire. The government suspects people hostile to welcoming migrants.
In December, a hotel which was to accommodate asylum seekers was already the target of an arson attack. And at the end of November, the capital Dublin was shaken by unprecedented riots, which the authorities attributed to far-right agitators. Some Internet users claimed that the attacker was an ‘illegal immigrant’ or an “Algerian national”. The Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar expressed concern on Sunday after a group of vacant buildings burned down.