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Wicklow protestors label Garda response ‘heavy-handed’ as locals march

After violence in Wicklow on Thursday, two anti-asylum seeker marches went through Newtownmountkennedy village

Hundreds march through Newtownmountkennedy against IPAS centre

Myles Buchanan
© Wicklow People

HUNDREDS of people marched from the centre of Newtownmountkennedy down to the Garda barricades at Trudder on Sunday to show their opposition to plans to house people seeking international protection at River Lodge House.

Many protestors had also marched through the town on Saturday and some carried banners bearing slogans such as “You beat us with batons but you will not break us” and “Ireland is our homeland, we will not be replaced”.