Photo Story of Dublin Riots

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.

The pictures can do the rest of the talking.

Placard Naming RUC officers killed During Troubles

One of the Marching Bands with the Orange March

Placards Showing Protestant Victims of Troubles

Counter-protestors unfurl Bloody Sunday Banner on Parnell Square East as March is Due to Begin

Gardai Try to push crowd from O Connell Street as March is Due to Begin

Fighting Breaks out and a Garda Goes Down Injured

Riot Police Arrive to Force Crowd Backwards From Parnell Monument

Heavy Fighting Breaks Out as Crowd Resist Riot Police Advances

Guards Face Stiff Resistance as Showers of Projectiles Rain Down on them

Fireworks Explode All Around Police Lines

Petrol Bomb Explodes on Riot Police

Riot Police Advance Through the Building Site

More Gardai Go Down Injured

Gardai Advance to Spike

Bizzarely Shopping Continues Through the Riots

Gardai And Protestors Come to Stand Off at Spike

Debris Litters The Ground as Projectiles Continue To Rain Down on Gardai

Gardai Are Very Thinly Stretched and Outnumbered by Protestors

Dublin or Beiruit?