Dublin is now picking up the pieces after a mob stormed the city centre on Thursday night – looting shops and setting cars, buses and a tram ablaze. Gardai were pelted with bottles and chairs grabbed from outside bars and restaurants as they tried to bring the volatile situation under control. Some 34 people were arrested over what Ireland's police described as "gratuitous thuggery" – 32 of whom are due in court today. Justice minister Helen McEntee saying those responsible for the destruction would be "dealt with appropriately" – but the tensions leading to last night's chaos haven't gone away. Trouble brewed in Ireland's capital after three children and a woman who was caring for them were stabbed close to an Irish language primary school at around lunchtime.Garda are yet to confirm the identity of the alleged attacker, but unconfirmed reports of his nationality appear to have fuelled last night's rioters, who Garda commissioner Drew Harris described as a "lunatic hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology"
Dublin is now picking up the pieces after a mob stormed the city centre on Thursday night – looting shops and setting cars, buses and a tram ablaze. Gardai were pelted with bottles and chairs grabbed from outside bars and restaurants as they tried to bring the volatile situation under control. Some 34 people were arrested over what Ireland's police described as "gratuitous thuggery" – 32 of whom are due in court today.
Justice minister Helen McEntee saying those responsible for the destruction would be "dealt with appropriately" – but the tensions leading to last night's chaos haven't gone away. Trouble brewed in Ireland's capital after three children and a woman who was caring for them were stabbed close to an Irish language primary school at around lunchtime.Garda are yet to confirm the identity of the alleged attacker, but unconfirmed reports of his nationality appear to have fuelled last night's rioters, who Garda commissioner Drew Harris described as a "lunatic hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology
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