Angry locals attacked a hotel that was allegedly housing a migrant accused of abusing a 10-year-old girl in Ireland.

Footage shows furious demonstrators throwing stones at police officers behind barriers outside Citywest Hotel in Dublin, which houses asylum seekers.

Reports said around 300 protesters, many waving Irish flags and wearing hoodies, confronted roughly 60 officers in riot gear on October 21.

The unrest followed allegations that a 26-year-old man connected to the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centre sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl the previous day.

The protest turned violent, resulting in 23 arrests and a police van being set alight. Two officers were injured.

Political leaders condemned the violence as ‘thuggery', with calls for accountability, demands to close the centre, and for the suspect to be deported amid wider tensions over migrant housing and crime.

Cleanup operations were carried out the following day.