Michael Clifford: Large garda presence keeps things under control at Dáil protest

Anti-lockdown protesters (left) clash with counter demonstrators (right) during an anti-lockdown protest outside Leinster House. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The violence at the gates of Leinster House flared for little more than a minute, two tops.

They spat bile and hatred at each other, lunging across the barriers erected to separate them. A firecracker was set off, missiles fired.