Two men have been arrested tonight as protests outside the Convention Centre in Dublin turned violent.

Clashes between anti-austerity protesters and gardai escalated outside the building where the two-day European People's Party congress is being hosted by Fine Gael.

Earlier this evening, around 200 protesters marched from Liberty Hall to the Convention Centre.

The crowd joined a smaller group of people who had congregated at the Centre some time beforehand.

The originally peaceful protest quickly became violent and a gardai has been injured in the fracas.

Approximately 2,000 delegates from all across Europe - including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Presidents of the European Commission and European Council, José Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy - are attending the EPP meeting.

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The crisis in the Ukraine has dominated a large portion of the conference as newly-elected interim Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseny Yatsenyuk, freed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and Vitaly Klitschko are also in attendance.

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