IRELAND - Violent clashes erupt after stabbing of 3 children, 2 adults, Dublin, November 2023

[ChatteringBirds]

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/23/europe/violent-clashes-dublin-ireland-stabbing/index.html

"Violent clashes broke out between police and “far-right” protesters in the central part of Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday [November 23, 2023] after a knife attack in the capital city earlier in the day...
police said they arrested 34 people after the riots...The clashes came after a man in his 50s was detained by police after he allegedly stabbed several people...
Ireland’s Justice Minister Helen McEntee described the protesters as “thugs” and “criminals” who were “using this appalling attack to sow division and wreak havoc in the city.”

 

[ifindedout]

I've been following this case, I'm still not sure what all the violence is about but it sure seems out of proportion to the precipitating incident.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Brazilian who intervened in Dublin knife attack insists he's no hero

A Brazilian delivery driver branded a hero for helping subdue a knife-wielding assailant suspected of attacking children outside an Irish school told AFP Saturday that he acted "like every parent would".The 43-year-old and other interventions by passers-by were praised by Irish prime minister...

news.yahoo.com

 

[PrairieWind]

Conor McGregor reacts to Dublin riots after declaring Ireland is ‘at war’

Riots broke out in the Irish capital on Thursday, after three children and two adults were injured in a stabbing

news.yahoo.com

The government has not said much. And while I am not a Conor McGregor fan, this article maybe begins to explain some of the growing frustration.