Riot police protect Dáil from small protest group
Riot police, some on horseback, are on standby outside the Dáil where a small splinter group has broken away from the mass trade union-led rally in Dublin city centre.
Masked protesters are firing bangers into the crowd and at Gardaí, and burning Fianna Fáil posters.
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