Sixty-seven ‘persons of interest’ identified in Dublin riots appeal

Sixty-seven “persons of interest” have been identified in the appeal by gardai as part of its investigation into the Dublin riots.

Eleven images have been removed in the past 24 hours from the gallery set up by gardai to try to identify to rule people in or out of their probe.

Gardai said there has been a “very significant ongoing public response” to their appeal, launched almost a year on from when the disorder broke out in the Irish capital on November 23.

Of the 99 image stills from CCTV footage released on Tuesday, 32 are yet to be identified.

Gardai have cautioned people not be presume that identification means criminal involvement in events.

Rioting broke out in Dublin after three children and a care worker were injured in an attack outside a primary school and creche on Parnell Square East, for which a man was charged and appeared before the courts.

A Garda car, buses and a Luas tram were set on fire, shops were looted and infrastructure, such as traffic lights, was damaged during the riot.

Of the 28 vehicles damaged that night, 15 were official Garda cars and two belonged to the Dublin Fire Brigade.

Gardai said 66 premises or places of business were subject to criminal damage.

Of the 57 people arrested in connection with the public disorder to date, 53 had been charged.

Gardai said the 134 charge sheets to date included 25 counts of criminal damage, including arson, 22 counts of burglary and five counts under firearms and offensive weapons legislation.