Roscrea revisited: 'Ten months after the refugee protest this town is divided'

"When the first set of families were moved in, on January 15, there were scuffles between gardaí and some protesters. The footage went viral almost immediately."

"Crucially, virtually everyone I spoke to - whether broadly in favour of immigration or against it - argued that Roscrea had been in decline for years."

"Others believed the town had done enough and was already accommodating far more asylum seekers or refugees per capita than most parts of the country."

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