A man has been arrested over a homophobic attack on Dublin's best known gay pub.

Grafitti and a swastika were scrawled in chalk on the outside walls of 'The George' on George's Street in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Management later removed the graffiti but a man in his twenties has since been detained and taken to Pearse Street Garda Station where he's been questioned in connection with criminal damage to the venue.

It's understood the attack on the pub was recorded on nearby CCTV.