The Garda Representative Association (GRA) is to meet with Garda management on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing unrest in Coolock, in north Dublin.
Another fire had to be put out in Coolock in Dublin on Sunday night, at a former factory which is set be developed for accommodation for asylum seekers.
The Malahide Road was temporarily closed as Dublin Fire Brigade battled the blaze. It's the fourth night in a row that a fire has broken out at the former factory site, which was at the centre of protests and violence last week.
Frontline members of the force have described feeling "defenceless" after being left without riot gear, such as helmets, during the violent scenes in Coolock.
GRA President, Mark O'Meara, says more protective gear is needed, as well as more officers and resources.
"Crowne Paints Factory is quite a big site and would require significant resources to manage 24/7.
"While we don't want to leave it vulnerable, we have to acknowledge the huge draw on resources that it would require.
"And as a result of that, where that would reflect on policing other parts of the city, which would require the presence of already a thin, lack of resources".
Meanwhile, Sinn Fein leader, Mary Lou McDonald says it's time the Government listened to the community there.
"We now need to restore order. We now need to move from condemnation to engagement.
"We need to find solutions. At the heart of that is engagement with the wide community.
"And by the way, when I say the community, I mean the totality of it, not just those that are currently protesting. The whole community needs to be engaged".
Mary Lou McDonald says she's discussed the situation in Coolock with Taoiseach Simon Harris, to discuss what she's described as a McDonald has called a 'dangerous vacuum' that's developed in the area.
The Sinn Fein leaders also met with community groups, who said many locals are angry and frustrated.
"Everything from sporting facilities, social facilities, educational supports, health, you name it, they are stretched and stretched.
"And they resent that that reality is ignored, not acknowledged and more importantly, not responded to, by the same people who then say that more and more people should come to the neighborhood".
