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What is your reaction to the Citywest riots?

After an attack on a young girl occurred in Citywest on Monday evening, protesters took to the st...

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12.29 22 Oct 2025


What is your reaction to the Citywest riots?


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12.29 22 Oct 2025


After an attack on a young girl occurred in Citywest on Monday evening, protesters took to the streets to express their feelings. It comes after the Citywest hotel has been used as an IPAS center to house refugees.

The protests soon turned into riots, and a Garda car was set alight, Gardaí were out in force to control the situation.

We want to know your opinions on the riots. Were you there, were you impacted, and do these riots hold any merit?

Andrea is joined by local residents, Conor Lally, Security and Crime Editor with the Irish Times and John Lahart, Fianna Fail TD for Dublin Southwest & Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Later, to discuss if more should have been done to stop it, she is joined by Newstalk’s Chief Reporter Barry Whyte, James Morrisroe, GRA Deputy General Secretary and Cllr Linda de Courcy, Independent Ireland.


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