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
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