Violence outside Citywest Hotel appears to have been spurred at least in part by online discourse Social media is believed to have played a pivotal role in how events at Citywest escalated into multiple nights of rioting following the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in the early hours of Monday. A protest in response to the alleged assault - for which a 26-year-old man has been charged with in court
Detectives are questioning man aged in his 20s over incident A young girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted near the Citywest Hotel was missing from Tusla care at the time, it has emerged. The 10-year-old was in the care of the agency since February but "absconded from from staff whilst on a planned recreational trip with staff in the city centre" over the weekend.