No appetite for compromise on either side in Coolock stand-off

A peaceful protest had been ongoing for the past three months at the former Crown Paints site, but that all changed when construction workers entered the grounds to begin work

All week the Dublin Fire Brigade risked their lives to put out the fires that were started deliberately. For every time a blaze breaks out in the disused factory someone else who really needs the service risks missing out. File picture

In Coolock, events of the past week show how the middle ground has disappeared.

Unlike previous anti-migrant protests around the country, the political class is showing no sign of taking a softly softly-approach to those draping themselves in the Tricolour on the Malahide Road.