Irish Examiner View: Protests in Dublin are unacceptable

The absolute right to protest does not, however, offer anyone latitude to attack gardaí

Protestors during the anti lockdown gathering in Dublin City centre following earlier violence.

Michael O'Hehir, the voice of the GAA from another time, use to describe flurries of half-hearted violence as a "schmozzle". Today's rugby commentators call such eventualities "handbags" 

Therefore, it might be appropriate to describe Saturday's events in Dublin as a schmozzle in a handbag. That is not to in any way underestimate them or disregard the attacks on gardaí. However, they were brief, concentrated, and quickly brought to an end by firm, entirely justified garda intervention.