Gardaí want rioters to face 10-year sentences

UP TO 100 people face a possible 10-year prison sentence if convicted on charges in relation to the Dublin riots last February.

Gardaí are pushing for defendants to be tried on indictment in the Circuit Court for the offence of ‘riot’, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

Detectives have so far charged 42 people in connection with the rioting on February 25 in Dublin, which developed from a protest to the Love Ulster rally, and intend to charge up to 100 people in all.