Gardai investigating if attack on Tipperary refugee site which hospitalised a worker is 'connected to previous attacks'

Far-right groups have been blamed for inciting local fears over such accommodation centres. In several cases, far right activists have praised the attacks and, in one case, have taken credit for it.

Gardaí are also concerned by the number of people involved in the Clonmel attack - and the willingness to use violence against the security guards involved.

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