Opening the doors on Saturday, he was serving Arabic coffee and selling groceries and spices to what he termed a warm welcome.

Two men, aged in their 30s and 50s and a woman in her 20s were arrested.

Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey strongly condemned the incident as “absolutely deplorable”

Seamus Walsh attended a protest at the hotel on Friday and gave an interview to RTÉ, in which he insisted that local people were "afraid of what they will encounter from now on with every sort of stranger in the area."

Police are appealing for information and witnesses following the report of criminal damage at the side door of Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Church.