Nine people arrested as gardaí investigating Dublin riots carry out 10 searches

Unrest, including rioting and looting, broke out in the city last November. File picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Dublin

Nine people have been arrested following 10 searches at separate locations across Dublin city in connection with the Dublin riots last November. 

Eight men and one woman were arrested during the course of these searches.

They are all being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at Garda stations in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.

It brings the number of arrests in the investigation to 49.

Unrest, including rioting and looting, broke out in the city following the stabbing of three young children and a woman in Parnell Square.

During the riots, up to seven vehicles were set alight, including three buses, three Garda cars and a Luas tram, as protesters became involved in violent clashes with gardaí.

A spokesperson said: “An Garda Síochána continues to appeal to anyone with information about the events on that day, or anyone involved in organising or participating in these events, to contact the Garda investigation team at Store Street Garda Station at 01 666 8000, the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.”