Ireland Dublin riots probe removes all person-of-interest images
On 23 November 2023, a large-scale public disorder erupted across Dublin's north and south inner city, prompted by the stabbing of children outside a north inner city school, resulting in 28 vehicles damaged or destroyed, 66 places of business subject to criminal damage, and 13 gardaí injured. The investigation, based at Store Street Garda Station, has led to 57 arrests and 53 charges totalling almost 150 offences, with 14 convictions at district court and one at circuit court. On 19 November 2024, Gardaí published images of 99 persons of interest to the public, and by 27 November 2024 all images had been removed after nominations were received for over 90 of them.
- Reported19 Nov
5 reports - Arrested18 Nov
2 reports - Charged
- In court
- Verdict
- Sentenced
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- A large-scale public disorder occurred across Dublin's north and south inner city, resulting in 28 vehicles damaged or destroyed, 66 places of business subject to criminal damage, and 13 gardaí injured.
- Among the 28 vehicles damaged or destroyed were one Luas tram and three Dublin Buses destroyed by fire, with six additional Dublin Buses also damaged.
- Where
- The disorder spread across a widespread area of Dublin north and south inner city.
- When
- The riots took place throughout the evening of 23 November 2023.
- Cause
- The riots were prompted by the stabbing of children outside a north inner city school.
- Investigation
- 57 people have been arrested and 53 charged with a total of almost 150 charges in connection with the riots.
- Over 17,000 hours of CCTV footage has been analysed by a team of 50 officers based at Store Street Garda Station.
- On 19 November 2024, Gardaí published images of 99 persons of interest, and by 27 November 2024 all images had been removed after nominations were received for over 90.
- In court
- 14 people have been convicted at district court and one at circuit court.
- Other details
- Four males, including a juvenile, were arrested on 18 November 2024 during searches in Store Street and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
- Gardaí stated that identification of a person of interest should not be presumed to mean criminal involvement in the events.
106 statements extracted from the articles
- whatFour males were arrested during the searches. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe total number of arrests in the investigation reached 57. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe riots were a large scale public disorder incident. (leitrimobserver.ie)
- what28 vehicles were damaged or destroyed. (leitrimobserver.ie, kilkennypeople.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, kildarenow.com)
- what66 places of business were subject to criminal damage. (leitrimobserver.ie, donegallive.ie, kilkennypeople.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, kildarenow.com, dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- what13 gardaí were injured. (leitrimobserver.ie, donegallive.ie, kilkennypeople.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, kildarenow.com, dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- whatThe incident was a large scale public disorder incident. (donegallive.ie, kildarenow.com)
- what28 vehicles were damaged or destroyed, including one Luas and three Dublin Buses destroyed by fire. (donegallive.ie, offalyexpress.ie, dundalkdemocrat.ie, limerickleader.ie)
- whatThe Dublin event was a large scale public disorder incident. (offalyexpress.ie)
- whatOne Luas and three Dublin Buses were destroyed by fire. (kildarenow.com)
- whatA large-scale public disorder incident occurred in Dublin. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- whatFive people have been identified from the published images of persons of interest (dublinlive.ie)
- what28 vehicles were attacked or set on fire during the riots (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA Luas tram was destroyed by fire (irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com)
- whatThree Dublin Buses were destroyed by fire (irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com)
- whatSix additional Dublin Buses were damaged (irishmirror.ie)
- what15 Garda cars were targeted (irishmirror.ie)
- whatTwo Dublin Fire Brigade vehicles were attacked (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA private car was attacked (irishmirror.ie)
- what66 businesses were attacked (irishmirror.ie)
- what28 vehicles were destroyed by arson or criminal damage during the riots (irishtimes.com)
- whatSix Dublin Buses were subject to criminal damage (irishtimes.com)
- what15 Garda vehicles were subject to criminal damage (irishtimes.com)
- whatTwo Dublin Fire Brigade vehicles were subject to criminal damage (irishtimes.com)
- whatA private car was destroyed by fire (irishtimes.com)
- what66 premises or places of business were subject to criminal damage (irishtimes.com)
- what13 members of An Garda Síochána were injured, including one who severed a toe (irishtimes.com)
- whatGardaí removed all images of 99 persons of interest from their website. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatNominations were received for over 90 of the 99 images. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe searches were conducted by Gardaí in Store Street. (dublinlive.ie)
- whereThe riots took place in Dublin. (rte.ie)
- whereThe disorder spread across a widespread area of Dublin north and south inner city. (leitrimobserver.ie, dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- whereThe disorder took place across a widespread area in Dublin north and south inner city. (donegallive.ie, kildarenow.com)
- whereThe disorder spread across Dublin north and south inner city. (offalyexpress.ie)
- whereThe public disorder took place across a widespread area in Dublin north and south inner city. (kilkennypeople.ie)
- whereThe disorder spread across a widespread area in Dublin north and south inner city. (leinsterexpress.ie)
- whereThe incident occurred across a widespread area of Dublin north and south inner city. (limerickleader.ie)
- whereThe events are described as the Dublin riots. (extra.ie)
- whenThe searches and arrests took place on Monday 18 November 2024. (dublinlive.ie)
- whenThe unrest took place on 23 November 2023. (rte.ie)
- whenThe disorder occurred throughout the evening of November 23. (donegallive.ie, offalyexpress.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- whenThe public disorder occurred throughout the evening of 23 November. (kilkennypeople.ie)
- whenThe disorder occurred throughout the evening of 23 November. (kildarenow.com)
- whenThe public disorder incident occurred throughout the evening of 23 November. (limerickleader.ie)
- whenThe Dublin riots took place on 23 November 2023 (dublinlive.ie)
- whenThe riots took place on 23 November 2023 in north inner city Dublin (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe images were published just over one week before 27 November 2024. (irishmirror.ie)
- causeThe riots were prompted by the stabbing of children outside a north inner city school (irishtimes.com)
- investigationAll four arrested persons are detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Garda stations in Dublin. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationGardaí have arrested 57 people so far in relation to the riots. (rte.ie)
- investigationThree men and a juvenile were arrested during search operations in Dublin. (rte.ie)
- investigationGardaí are appealing to anyone with information to contact Store Street Garda Station, the Garda Confidential Line or any garda station. (rte.ie)
- investigationOver 17,000 hours of CCTV footage has been analysed by gardaí. (leitrimobserver.ie, donegallive.ie, kilkennypeople.ie, kildarenow.com, dundalkdemocrat.ie, limerickleader.ie)
- investigationOver 100 persons of interest have been identified. (leitrimobserver.ie, kilkennypeople.ie, leinsterexpress.ie, kildarenow.com, dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- investigationGardaí are asking the public to help identify each person of interest. (leitrimobserver.ie, kilkennypeople.ie)
- investigationOver 100 persons of interest have been identified through the analysis. (donegallive.ie)
- investigationGardaí are asking the public to help identify each person of interest, to rule them in or out of the investigation. (donegallive.ie, dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- investigationInformation can be submitted through the Persons of Interest garda website or to the Garda Investigation Team at Store Street Garda Station. (donegallive.ie)
- investigationOver 17,000 hours of CCTV footage has been analysed in the investigation. (offalyexpress.ie)
- investigationOver 100 persons of interest have been identified from the analysis. (offalyexpress.ie, limerickleader.ie)
- investigationGardaí are asking the public to help identify each person of interest and rule them in or out of the investigation. (offalyexpress.ie)
- investigationInformation from the public will be sent to the Garda Investigation Team at Store Street Garda Station. (offalyexpress.ie)
- investigationOver 17,000 hours of CCTV footage has been analysed. (leinsterexpress.ie)
- investigationGardaí are asking the public to help identify each person of interest and rule them in or out. (leinsterexpress.ie)
- investigationGardaí are asking the general public to help identify each person of interest. (kildarenow.com)
- investigationGardaí are asking the public to help identify each person of interest so they can be ruled in or out of the investigation. (limerickleader.ie)
- investigationInformation can be submitted to the Garda Investigation Team at Store Street Garda Station. (limerickleader.ie)
- investigationGardaí received a very significant public response to the appeal for information (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationFive images have been removed from the public gallery as those persons have been identified (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationGardaí released images of persons of interest. (extra.ie)
- investigationFive people have been identified. (extra.ie)
- investigationCCTV images of 99 persons of interest were published on the Garda website on 19 November 2024 (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationFive people were identified on 19 November 2024 (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationEight more people were identified on 20 November 2024 (dublinlive.ie)
- investigation70 images remain on the public gallery (irishmirror.ie)
- investigation11 images were removed on Thursday morning (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationFive images were removed within hours of the Tuesday release (irishmirror.ie)
- investigation13 images were removed on Wednesday (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe investigation involves a team of 50 officers (irishmirror.ie)
- investigation57 people have been arrested over the probe (irishmirror.ie)
- investigation53 people have been charged (irishmirror.ie)
- investigation14 people have been convicted at district court (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationOne person has been convicted at circuit court (irishmirror.ie)
- investigation67 of the 99 persons of interest have been identified and their images removed from the Garda website (irishtimes.com)
- investigation57 people have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the riots (irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe investigation team will continue to consider how to progress the small number of remaining person-of-interest cases. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationAn Garda Síochána is continuing to validate all nominations received. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationAdditional resources have been provided to the dedicated Garda investigation team. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeThe 57 suspects face a total of almost 150 charges (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe investigation team is based at Store Street Garda Station (dublinlive.ie, irishmirror.ie)
- court14 of the suspects have been convicted (irishtimes.com)
- otherGardaí are appealing to the public for information about the events or anyone involved in organising or participating. (dublinlive.ie)
- otherThe four arrested males are being held at garda stations in Dublin. (rte.ie)
- otherInformation from the public is sent to the Garda Investigation Team at Store Street Garda Station. (leitrimobserver.ie, dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- other66 places of business were subject to criminal damage and 13 gardaí were injured. (offalyexpress.ie, limerickleader.ie)
- otherInformation from the public will be sent directly to the Garda Investigation Team at Store Street Garda Station. (kilkennypeople.ie)
- otherInformation submitted is sent directly to the Garda Investigation Team at Store Street Garda Station. (leinsterexpress.ie)
- otherInformation can be sent to the Garda Investigation Team at Store Street Garda Station. (kildarenow.com)
- otherConfidential information can be given through the Garda Confidential Phone number 1800 666 111. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- otherGardaí are not confirming the role of any of the identified individuals in the events of 23 November 2023 (dublinlive.ie)
- otherGardaí are not confirming the role of any identified individuals (dublinlive.ie)
- otherA Garda spokesperson said identification should not be presumed to mean criminal involvement (dublinlive.ie)
- otherThe investigation team can be contacted by telephone at 01-6668000 or by email at [email protected] (dublinlive.ie)
- otherChief Superintendent Patrick McMenamin commands the investigation (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe Irish Council for Civil Liberties expressed concern that the presumption of innocence and fair trial rights of those depicted could be compromised (irishtimes.com)
- otherAn Garda Síochána is not confirming the role of any identified individual in the Dublin riots. (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 27 Nov2024Gardai remove all images of 'persons of interest' in Dublin riots investigation
Procedural update: Gardaí removed all 99 person-of-interest images from their website after receiving nominations for over 90 of them; additional resources allocated to the dedicated investigation team at Store Street Garda Station.
- 24 Nov2024Dublin riots: Gardaí identify 67 ‘persons of interest’ after ‘overwhelming’ response from public
Reports that 67 of 99 persons of interest have been identified and their images removed; 57 people arrested and charged with almost 150 charges; 14 convicted; details of damage caused during the riots including 28 vehicles and 66 premises; 13 gardaí injured.
- 21 Nov2024Gardai identify 29 people from 99 'persons of interest' in Dublin riots probe
Reports that 29 of 99 persons of interest have been identified and removed from the public gallery, with 70 remaining. Notes 57 arrests, 53 charges, 14 district court convictions and 1 circuit court conviction to date, and details the scale of damage during the riots.
- 20 Nov2024Gardai identify 8 more from images published ahead of Dublin riots anniversary
Reports the first identifications from the 99-person gallery: five identified on 19 November and eight more on 20 November 2024, reducing the gallery to 85 images. Gardaí clarified that identification does not presume criminal involvement.
- 19 Nov2024Dublin riots: Five people identified after Gardaí release images of 'persons of interest'
Only the headline is usable; the article body in the supplied text is empty template markup. Covers the Dublin riots investigation, with five people identified after images were released. No names, ages or nationalities are given.
- 19 Nov2024Five people identified after gardai publish images ahead of riots anniversary
Reports the initial publication of 99 persons-of-interest images and the identification of five of them, with 94 still outstanding. Gardaí clarify that identification does not confirm criminal involvement.
- 19 Nov2024Recognise anyone? Gardai share images of 'persons of interest' from Dublin riots
Garda appeal for public help identifying persons of interest from the Dublin riots, published 19 November 2024. The article says '23 November' and 'last November' but does not state the year, so incident_date is left empty. No existing case matches this incident.
- 19 Nov2024Recognise anyone? Gardai share images of 'persons of interest' from Dublin riots
Appeal for public help identifying more than 100 persons of interest from the Dublin riots, with CCTV analysis details and reporting contacts. The article gives no year for the November 23 incident, so incident_date is left empty.
- 19 Nov2024Recognise anyone? Gardai share images of 'persons of interest' from Dublin riots
First report of the Garda appeal. It gives the investigation scale (17,000 hours of CCTV), the damage totals and the public appeal channels. No arrests or charges are mentioned.
- 19 Nov2024Recognise anyone? Gardai share images of 'persons of interest' from Dublin riots
Gardaí publish images of over 100 persons of interest and ask the public to identify them or rule them in or out; the article gives the damage and injury totals and the appeal contacts.
- 19 Nov2024Recognise anyone? Gardai share images of 'persons of interest' from Dublin riots
Garda appeal on the anniversary of the Dublin riots, asking the public to help identify over 100 persons of interest from CCTV images. No existing case matches this incident.
- 19 Nov2024Recognise anyone? Gardai share images of 'persons of interest' from Dublin riots
Appeal for public help identifying over 100 persons of interest from the Dublin riots. The article gives the date as the evening of November 23 without a year, so no year is recorded. No people are named and no arrests or charges are reported.
- 19 Nov2024Recognise anyone? Gardai share images of 'persons of interest' from Dublin riots
Anniversary appeal for public help identifying over 100 persons of interest in the Dublin riots investigation. No existing case in the list covers this incident.
- 19 Nov2024Recognise anyone? Gardai share images of 'persons of interest' from Dublin riots
Gardaí publish images of over 100 persons of interest from the Dublin riots and ask the public to help identify them, ahead of the anniversary of the riots.
- 18 Nov2024Four arrested in connection with Dublin riots last year
Reports four new arrests in the riot investigation, bringing the total to 57, and an appeal for information from gardaí.
suspect, late teens, malesuspect, 20s, malesuspect, 30s, malesuspect, juvenile, male - 18 Nov2024Gardai arrest 4 including child during searches in connection with Dublin riots
Reports on four arrests made during searches on 18 November 2024, bringing the total number of arrests in the Dublin riots investigation to 57. All four are detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
suspect, 30s, malesuspect, 20s, malesuspect, late teens, malesuspect, juvenile, male