The attack on a group of small children on a Dublin street three years ago preceded disorder in the Irish capital, which made international headlines.
A Garda car, buses and a Luas tram were set on fire, shops were looted and infrastructure, such as traffic lights, were damaged during the riot.
The disorder began after crowds gathered at the edge of the crime scene and a protest was held at the Spire on O’Connell Street on the evening of the stabbing on November 23 2023.
Protesters started to scuffle with officers and flares and fireworks were thrown at the Garda cordon at the crime scene, before the public order unit was deployed just before 7pm to the Parnell Square and O’Connell Street area.
A total of 250 public-order officers were sent into the city in what was the “largest-ever” such deployment, with 400 officers sent in total.
A cordon was put up around Leinster House, the Irish parliament building, and order was eventually restored at 11.30pm.
Of the 28 vehicles damaged that night, 15 were official Garda cars and two belonged to the Dublin Fire Brigade.
More than 60 premises or places of business were subject to criminal damage, authorities said, in what politicians estimated would amount to tens of millions of euro worth of damage.
Dozens of people have been charged and appeared before the courts in relation to the disorder.
The scenes put pressure on the Irish Government over its ability to maintain safety in the capital.
Safety concerns in the capital city remains a political issue for Dublin residents, and candidates in the recent Dublin Central by-election were asked about ways to make the city safer.
