Many city centre businesses closed early on Black Friday – one of the traditionally busiest days of the year – and Dublin city centre was largely quiet by 7:30pm. At the height of the violence, around 400 gardaí were dealing with what has been described as “mayhem” on the northside of Dublin city centre. A worker clears debris beside damaged public transport vehicles on O'Connell Street in Dublin, in the aftermath of violent scenes in the city centre on Thursday evening. Rioters raided Arnott’s department store on Henry Street, and looted a Foot Locker store on O'Connell Street. City Council cleans up the burnt out bus after Dublin City Centre Riots

Source: Irish Independent November 24, 2023 08:21 UTC