Government to consider tougher penalties for arson attacks on asylum seeker accommodation

Gardaí are investigating the fire at a vacant residential property on Celbridge Road and said they are aware of misinformation, disinformation, and rumour surrounding the use, or proposed use of the building. Photo: Sam Boal / © RollingNews.ie

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said the Government will examine tougher sanctions against people responsible for arson attacks on buildings linked to asylum seeker accommodation.

Mr Martin made the comments in Washington DC after yet another attack on a building rumoured to be used to accommodate international protection applicants, this time a seven-bed dormer bungalow in Leixlip, Co Kildare.