Letters to the Editor: Rioting in Citywest should give us pause for thought

'We are all for peaceful protest, but these acts of wanton vandalism and thuggery have to be condemned'

A Garda van on fire outside Citywest Hotel, Saggart. Picture Colin Keegan

The rioting in Citywest, Dublin, should give us pause for thought at the direction our country is going.

Those involved in this despicable violence were using one incident as an excuse to riot and attack our brave men and women in uniform.