It remains unclear whether the largest mosque in the country will reopen for Friday prayers.
The Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh in Dublin has been closed to the public after an incident at the weekend.
In a message to the Muslim community in Ireland, Imam of the mosque, Sheikh Hussein Halawa, described news of the closure of the centre as "distressing".
He described the centre as "a symbol of unity" and urged people to "verify the accuracy of any news you hear and not to be swept away by rumours."
It is understood that a member of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland (ICCI) board hosted an in-person meeting at the centre on Saturday.
Many more members of the community attended than could fit in the room, and a significant number remained outside.
There were tense scenes outside and inside the meeting.
Gardaí confirmed that they attended the scene, but said that it was not a criminal matter and they has not initiated any investigation into what happened.
The Nurul Huda Quranic School, which operated in the centre, has been closed since mid-April, following a dispute between the board and staff at the school.
Staff, including the school's principal and deputy principal, resigned on 9 April.
The school, which was established in 2000 and has over 1,000 students, teaches Quranic studies and Arabic and operates on Saturdays and Sundays and on some weekday evenings.
It is understood that the school has been re-registered and operates independently of the ICCI, offering classes to students via Zoom.
A notice on the locked gate of the ICCI, attributed to centre management, described the incident at the weekend as "unprecedented and distressing".
"The decision [to close the centre] has been made with the utmost concern for the safety and well-being of our community, especially the children of the Muslim National School," the notice read.
That school is due to reopen on Monday after the holidays.
RTÉ News is awaiting a statement from the Department of Education as to whether it is known if the school will reopen then.
The Islamic Cultural Centre has been operating in Clonskeagh since 1996 and it is the biggest mosque in the country.
The 2022 census showed the Muslim population of Ireland is 81,000, the majority of whom live in Dublin.
"I hope first of all that this (centre) will be open tomorrow, I hope and I urge the board of directors and the management to open it and then sort out their problems among them," the former CEO of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh said.
"If not we are really facing a huge problem, because we are talking about hundreds, 500-600 people, coming for Friday prayer," Dr Nooh al-Kaddo said.
