Photo Story of Dublin Riots
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Saturday February 25, 2006 19:10
by Indy Photographer - 1 of Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group
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A blow by blow account of the rioting in Dublin in photos
Today the Gardai lost control of the city. For some bizzare reason, the police seemed completely unprepared for the level of violence that the FAIR / Loyalist march would provoke. This story captures the events in chronological order in pictures.
![Click on image to see full-sized version The March Assembles at Parnell Square](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_orangemarchfront.jpg)
The March Assembles at Parnell Square
The pictures can do the rest of the talking.
![Click on image to see full-sized version Placard Naming RUC officers killed During Troubles](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_orangeruc.jpg)
Placard Naming RUC officers killed During Troubles
![Click on image to see full-sized version One of the Marching Bands with the Orange March](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_marchingband.jpg)
One of the Marching Bands with the Orange March
![Click on image to see full-sized version Placards Showing Protestant Victims of Troubles](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_orangevictims.jpg)
Placards Showing Protestant Victims of Troubles
![Click on image to see full-sized version Counter-protestors unfurl Bloody Sunday Banner on Parnell Square East as March is Due to Begin](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_bloodysundaybanner.jpg)
Counter-protestors unfurl Bloody Sunday Banner on Parnell Square East as March is Due to Begin
![Click on image to see full-sized version Gardai Try to push crowd from O Connell Street as March is Due to Begin](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_guardsatparnellmonument.jpg)
Gardai Try to push crowd from O Connell Street as March is Due to Begin
![Click on image to see full-sized version Fighting Breaks out and a Garda Goes Down Injured](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_injuredguard1.jpg)
Fighting Breaks out and a Garda Goes Down Injured
![Click on image to see full-sized version Riot Police Arrive to Force Crowd Backwards From Parnell Monument](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_riotpolicearrive.jpg)
Riot Police Arrive to Force Crowd Backwards From Parnell Monument
![Click on image to see full-sized version Heavy Fighting Breaks Out as Crowd Resist Riot Police Advances](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_ranksofriotpoliceunder.jpg)
Heavy Fighting Breaks Out as Crowd Resist Riot Police Advances
![Click on image to see full-sized version Guards Face Stiff Resistance as Showers of Projectiles Rain Down on them](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_parnellstiffresistance.jpg)
Guards Face Stiff Resistance as Showers of Projectiles Rain Down on them
![Click on image to see full-sized version Fireworks Explode All Around Police Lines](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_fireworksandsmoke.jpg)
Fireworks Explode All Around Police Lines
![Click on image to see full-sized version Petrol Bomb Explodes on Riot Police](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_petrolbomb.jpg)
Petrol Bomb Explodes on Riot Police
![Click on image to see full-sized version Riot Police Advance Through the Building Site](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_riotpolicebuildingsite.jpg)
Riot Police Advance Through the Building Site
![Click on image to see full-sized version More Gardai Go Down Injured](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_gardainjured2.jpg)
More Gardai Go Down Injured
![Click on image to see full-sized version Gardai Advance to Spike](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_copsadvancetospike.jpg)
Gardai Advance to Spike
![Click on image to see full-sized version Bizzarely Shopping Continues Through the Riots](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_shoppingcontinues.jpg)
Bizzarely Shopping Continues Through the Riots
![Click on image to see full-sized version Gardai And Protestors Come to Stand Off at Spike](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_copsstandoff2.jpg)
Gardai And Protestors Come to Stand Off at Spike
![Click on image to see full-sized version Debris Litters The Ground as Projectiles Continue To Rain Down on Gardai](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_debrisonground1.jpg)
Debris Litters The Ground as Projectiles Continue To Rain Down on Gardai
![Click on image to see full-sized version Gardai Are Very Thinly Stretched and Outnumbered by Protestors](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_thinlineofcops.jpg)
Gardai Are Very Thinly Stretched and Outnumbered by Protestors
![Click on image to see full-sized version Dublin or Beiruit?](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_copsfire1.jpg)
Dublin or Beiruit?
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