Thousands of people are expected to join an anti-immigration protest in Ireland today after weeks of unrest in the North Dublin town of Coolock. Demonstrations have been taking place at a former paint factory in Coolock after locals opposed its alleged repurposing into a site for asylum seekers. Over the past three months, the protest outside Coolock’s Crown Paints factory had been mostly peaceful with locals erecting small wooden shacks at the site’s entrance with banners declaring “Coolock Says No” and “Irish Lives Matter.” But when builders were escorted by the police to the site last Monda…
