Officers pelted with stones and fireworks near Citywest facility after man charged over alleged assault on 10-year-old

Stones and fireworks have been thrown at Irish police for a third consecutive night in Dublin.

Hundreds of protesters gathered near the entrance of a hotel housing asylum seekers in an area west of the capital.

It is the third night of demonstrations at Citywest after an alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in the vicinity of the hotel in the early hours of Monday morning.

A 26-year-old man, who cannot be named due to rules that apply to all sexual assault cases in the Republic of Ireland, appeared in court on Tuesday charged over the alleged incident.