Christchurch riot quelled by 500 gardaí as 3 arrested

A SEA of 500 uniformed gardaí suffocated a riot that erupted briefly a few hundred yards from where Queen Elizabeth II was due to attend a formal dinner at Dublin Castle.

Three people were arrested after gardaí ran at a crowd of around 125 protestors and corralled a group of up to 50 for a number of hours before peace was restored.

The protest was organised by the 32 County Sovereignty Committee (CSM), linked to the Real IRA and Republican Sinn Féin, associated with the Continuity IRA.