Toys dropped into Roscrea hotel for young asylum seekers

Protests at Racket Hall saw clashes with gardaí and left children inside 'terrified'

Fiona Dunford and Alison Lee leaving toys at the entrance of Racket Hall hotel, Roscrea. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

Bags of toys have been dropped into the Roscrea hotel at the centre of Monday’s protest which saw clashes with gardaí and left children inside "terrified".

Scenes of a standoff between demonstrators and the public order unit made international headlines when young children were filmed being brought through the crowd of protesters.