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A 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with riots that broke out in Finglas in Dublin during St Patrick’s Day festivities has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence.

It is estimated that over a million visitors will be in Dublin later today to enjoy the St Patrick’s Day Festivities.