Recent months have seen the spread of anti-immigration anger in Ireland, with riots erupting at centres earmarked to house asylum seekers as govt. struggles to house rising numbers of migrants
Harsh reactions to asylum seekers are amplified by social media but have been there since Ireland first took refugees in the 1950s, writes Imasha Costa
THE story of the blockade of Magowna House in Inch, Co. Clare, a former hotel designated to house refugees, was widely reported in national and local media.