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Photo Story of Dublin Riots

category dublin | summit mobilisations | news report author Saturday February 25, 2006 19:10author by Indy Photographer - 1 of Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group Report this post to the editors

A blow by blow account of the rioting in Dublin in photos

Today the Gardai lost control of the city. For some bizzare reason, the police seemed completely unprepared for the level of violence that the FAIR / Loyalist march would provoke. This story captures the events in chronological order in pictures.
The March Assembles at Parnell Square
The March Assembles at Parnell Square

The pictures can do the rest of the talking.

Placard Naming RUC officers killed During Troubles
Placard Naming RUC officers killed During Troubles

One of the Marching Bands with the Orange March
One of the Marching Bands with the Orange March

Placards Showing Protestant Victims of Troubles
Placards Showing Protestant Victims of Troubles

Counter-protestors unfurl Bloody Sunday Banner on Parnell Square East as March is Due to Begin
Counter-protestors unfurl Bloody Sunday Banner on Parnell Square East as March is Due to Begin

Gardai Try to push crowd from O Connell Street as March is Due to Begin
Gardai Try to push crowd from O Connell Street as March is Due to Begin

Fighting Breaks out and a Garda Goes Down Injured
Fighting Breaks out and a Garda Goes Down Injured

Riot Police Arrive to Force Crowd Backwards From Parnell Monument
Riot Police Arrive to Force Crowd Backwards From Parnell Monument

Heavy Fighting Breaks Out as Crowd Resist Riot Police Advances
Heavy Fighting Breaks Out as Crowd Resist Riot Police Advances

Guards Face Stiff Resistance as Showers of Projectiles Rain Down on them
Guards Face Stiff Resistance as Showers of Projectiles Rain Down on them

Fireworks Explode All Around Police Lines
Fireworks Explode All Around Police Lines

Petrol Bomb Explodes on Riot Police
Petrol Bomb Explodes on Riot Police

Riot Police Advance Through the Building Site
Riot Police Advance Through the Building Site

More Gardai Go Down Injured
More Gardai Go Down Injured

Gardai Advance to Spike
Gardai Advance to Spike

Bizzarely Shopping Continues Through the Riots
Bizzarely Shopping Continues Through the Riots

Gardai And Protestors Come to Stand Off at Spike
Gardai And Protestors Come to Stand Off at Spike

Debris Litters The Ground as Projectiles Continue To Rain Down on Gardai
Debris Litters The Ground as Projectiles Continue To Rain Down on Gardai

Gardai Are Very Thinly Stretched and Outnumbered by Protestors
Gardai Are Very Thinly Stretched and Outnumbered by Protestors

Dublin or Beiruit?
Dublin or Beiruit?

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Destruction On O'Connell Street     Indy Photographer    Sat Feb 25, 2006 19:33 
   Flickr group     anon    Sat Feb 25, 2006 19:33 
   Bizzare Policing Decisions     Indy Photographer    Sat Feb 25, 2006 19:41 
   loosing sight     sony-youth    Sat Feb 25, 2006 23:07 
   Excellent Photos     Max    Sat Feb 25, 2006 23:15 
   Frankly, no, it's not     Indy Photographer    Sat Feb 25, 2006 23:17 
   i liked..     shy    Sat Feb 25, 2006 23:50 
   can RSF explain these Ard Fheis (2005) motions?:     De Burca U    Sun Feb 26, 2006 00:16 
   RE: Photos     Noel Rock    Sun Feb 26, 2006 00:20 
 10   unbalanced photo coverage     manjack    Sun Feb 26, 2006 01:24 
 11   pics         Sun Feb 26, 2006 01:38 
 12   how about some credit     pete    Sun Feb 26, 2006 01:50 
 13   Pete     Indy Photographer    Sun Feb 26, 2006 02:33 
 14   they are all from other peoples blogs and flickrs     pete    Sun Feb 26, 2006 02:40 
 15   photogropher not being entirely honest     squid    Sun Feb 26, 2006 03:56 
 16   RE: Indy Photographer     sony-youth    Sun Feb 26, 2006 05:00 
 17   I agree with the man from the netherlands     squid    Sun Feb 26, 2006 05:56 
 18   Two sides to every story     thin blue line    Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:58 
 19   Request to readers     Indy Photographer    Sun Feb 26, 2006 13:01 
 20   Just one story     Indy Photographer    Sun Feb 26, 2006 13:14 
 21   There comes a point where we have to say no     Graeme Murphy    Sun Feb 26, 2006 15:09 
 22   Nassau st. Witness     Nassau st. Witness    Sun Feb 26, 2006 18:33 
 23   What did they expect?     jah bless my rudegirl    Sun Feb 26, 2006 22:42 
 24   Equality for all?     Dazo    Sun Feb 26, 2006 23:59 
 25   Instant Riot, just add people     Pointing out the obvious    Mon Feb 27, 2006 00:01 
 26   Not on the Shankill road     Jah bless my rudegirl    Mon Feb 27, 2006 00:25 
 27   A Comment     Former Foreign Resident    Mon Feb 27, 2006 00:58 
 28   why violance?     JustLove    Mon Feb 27, 2006 01:07 
 29   evidence please ...     Scott    Mon Feb 27, 2006 01:19 
 30   Republican Sympathiser ????     Will    Mon Feb 27, 2006 01:32 
 31   Fraziers KKK Links     Bindere    Mon Feb 27, 2006 01:48 
 32   Accompanying analysis     Indy Photographer    Mon Feb 27, 2006 01:50 
 33   still can't find any ...     Scott    Mon Feb 27, 2006 02:42 
 34   The Lads were in the Right     Bill    Mon Feb 27, 2006 05:21 
 35   Willie Fraser and FAIR     db    Mon Feb 27, 2006 06:46 
 36   question for Indy photographer     max    Mon Feb 27, 2006 07:43 
 37   An observation on RSF     JamZy Up North.    Mon Feb 27, 2006 09:56 
 38   Dublin Riots     An O Maonach    Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:16 
 39   The riots were predictable and justified     Jimmy    Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:56 
 40   Anyone who supports Sinn Fein     Belfast Professional    Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:21 
 41   What I witnessed     Geri    Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:39 
 42   geri     pat c    Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:44 
 43   Sure Geri     Bullshit spotter    Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:49 
 44   Geri the jelly     Sean    Mon Feb 27, 2006 13:18 
 45   Thoughts     Marcher    Mon Feb 27, 2006 13:30 
 46   My account     reder    Mon Feb 27, 2006 14:17 
 47   Mob started by non-dubliners.     Loki    Mon Feb 27, 2006 14:53 
 48   re saturday     gracie    Mon Feb 27, 2006 15:04 
 49   Re:The riots were predictable and justified     Gav    Mon Feb 27, 2006 15:39 
 50   Blocked out faces     TIOCFAIDH AR LA    Mon Feb 27, 2006 15:40 
 51   Flying of the Union flag     Belfast Professional    Mon Feb 27, 2006 15:52 
 52   a sad day for all of us     Debbie    Mon Feb 27, 2006 16:27 
 53   to the Belfast professional     Del    Mon Feb 27, 2006 16:31 
 54   Violence solves nothing!     corneilius    Mon Feb 27, 2006 16:41 
 55   To Del     Belfast Professional    Mon Feb 27, 2006 16:59 
 56   why reck dublin?     a irishman opposed    Mon Feb 27, 2006 17:11 
 57   Let the past go!     Tired of timetravel    Mon Feb 27, 2006 17:48 
 58   Tail wagging the dog!     I_predicted_a_riot!    Mon Feb 27, 2006 18:00 
 59   Belfast Professional     Flag waver    Mon Feb 27, 2006 18:08 
 60   The Meaning of the Flag     Jon    Mon Feb 27, 2006 18:10 
 61   To Belfast Professional     del    Mon Feb 27, 2006 18:18 
 62   Outside View     ARGYLE747    Mon Feb 27, 2006 18:20 
 63   Disgrace     his    Mon Feb 27, 2006 18:39 
 64   To Del,     con    Mon Feb 27, 2006 19:06 
 65   More Than Independence Wanted     Brian Patrick Moore, Florida    Mon Feb 27, 2006 20:53 
 66   Outside view? Ill-informed view more like!     jarlath    Mon Feb 27, 2006 21:21 
 67   Whats The Point?     Observer    Mon Feb 27, 2006 21:25 
 68   past alive and well     force and will    Mon Feb 27, 2006 21:48 
 69   Actually theres been lots of those     rooster    Mon Feb 27, 2006 22:10 
 70   Pat     Geri    Mon Feb 27, 2006 22:34 
 71   Bullshit Spotter     Geri    Mon Feb 27, 2006 22:56 
 72   Sean     Geri    Mon Feb 27, 2006 23:09 
 73   What were the irish government thinking?     KEVIN GLEESON    Mon Feb 27, 2006 23:24 
 74   Re Belfast Professional     ProvoPiper    Mon Feb 27, 2006 23:52 
 75   who is runnin the place     super BI    Tue Feb 28, 2006 00:21 
 76   More than Independence     corneilius    Tue Feb 28, 2006 00:26 
 77   Belfast Professional     RJS    Tue Feb 28, 2006 01:31 
 78   Provocation of desperate lost souls     Dublin Girl    Tue Feb 28, 2006 03:48 
 79   Socialist figments     Zappy    Tue Feb 28, 2006 04:00 
 80   To Belfast Professional     Emma    Tue Feb 28, 2006 07:08 
 81   Dublin Riots     GaelGoBragh    Tue Feb 28, 2006 08:11 
 82   Unionists got what they came for     Spacecoyote    Tue Feb 28, 2006 08:27 
 83   State brutality covered-up ?     Sharon    Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:14 
 84   Excellent Coverage     Gay Geori    Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:42 
 85   Good Points Being Made     Dubliner    Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:00 
 86   Irish Government to blame for lack of care or thought     Eoinzy    Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:41 
 87   To Emma and Del     Belfast Professional    Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:43 
 88   Invite them back     Gay Geori    Tue Feb 28, 2006 14:38 
 89   Gay Geoiri     RadioHead    Tue Feb 28, 2006 15:10 
 90   Get them out     Michael Murphy ,Tenerife    Tue Feb 28, 2006 16:08 
 91   Celtic Supporters Club Hooligans not Irish Republicans     Michael O Brien    Tue Feb 28, 2006 17:00 
 92   Right On     Aran    Tue Feb 28, 2006 17:22 
 93   aran     pat c    Tue Feb 28, 2006 17:31 
 94   Now now Pat     Deja vuist    Tue Feb 28, 2006 17:42 
 95   Celtic     observer    Tue Feb 28, 2006 17:59 
 96   Solution     Andy - Holland    Tue Feb 28, 2006 18:02 
 97   The real killers     Tpau12    Tue Feb 28, 2006 18:15 
 98   The bigot is wrong as always.     Tpau12    Tue Feb 28, 2006 18:21 
 99   Interesting opportunity     Mr Blobby lookalike    Tue Feb 28, 2006 18:23 
 100   Interesting Opportunity     Andy - Holland    Tue Feb 28, 2006 19:18 
 101   saturday afternoon riots     scottishfriend    Tue Feb 28, 2006 19:27 
 102   Celtic FC     JamesK    Tue Feb 28, 2006 20:14 
 103   Back up to the 6 counties Scumbags     Paul    Tue Feb 28, 2006 23:40 
 104   Madness     Partyboy    Wed Mar 01, 2006 00:44 
 105   Paul     emerjenn    Wed Mar 01, 2006 00:55 
 106   Dublin Brawl     Michael O Brien    Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:18 
 107   Right To March etc.     Sean Og    Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:37 
 108   Lest there be any confusion     Michael O'Brien    Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:39 
 109   Lawyer: Only 110 loyalists showed up     Spartacus    Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:45 
 110   To Belfast Professional     Del    Wed Mar 01, 2006 17:45 
 111   How it feels     "Northerner"    Wed Mar 01, 2006 18:29 
 112   Confused     Homer    Wed Mar 01, 2006 18:46 
 113   Lest there be any confusion Michael O'Brien - Socialist Party     TrotWatch    Wed Mar 01, 2006 18:52 
 114   please take it - we don't want it.     Stanny    Wed Mar 01, 2006 19:25 
 115   Sheer hypocrisy     Jack    Wed Mar 01, 2006 19:27 
 116   To Glasgow Jack     Sean Og    Wed Mar 01, 2006 22:46 
 117   Unionist fear come true     hope    Wed Mar 01, 2006 23:44 
 118   Isn't it amazing how people are only focusing on the protesters     John    Thu Mar 02, 2006 00:13 
 119   St paddy's day riot's     Northern lad    Thu Mar 02, 2006 00:14 
 120   whose idea was it     ashamed irish girl    Thu Mar 02, 2006 00:49 
 121   Re: Ashamed Irish Girl     Maire    Thu Mar 02, 2006 23:18 
 122   Counter-demo?     Jozer    Thu Mar 02, 2006 23:38 
 123   Why?     mary    Fri Mar 03, 2006 01:49 
 124   The Garda must start by looking at themselves     brendan    Fri Mar 03, 2006 09:20 
 125   republican classwar?     yourlocalfootballteam    Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:42 
 126   the orange order     tom kelly    Sat Mar 04, 2006 06:23 
 127   Banners and leaflets were used .     Sharon    Sat Mar 04, 2006 09:34 
 128   Dublin Riots     Cath    Sun Mar 05, 2006 05:39 
 129   aussies did see it     KA    Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:28 
 130   Wrong again     tpau12    Fri Mar 10, 2006 00:36 
 131   Cold Hard Figures     RadioHead    Fri Mar 10, 2006 02:20 
 132   incitement to riot....     blaise    Fri Mar 10, 2006 02:55 
 133   perspective of an american     CPM    Fri Mar 10, 2006 04:48 
 134   Shock and Embarrasment     Sydneygirl    Fri Mar 17, 2006 03:46 
 135   Ye reap what ye sow     Lady Bracknell    Fri Mar 17, 2006 21:14 
 136   Proud of yourselves??     Mac    Sat Mar 18, 2006 14:46 
 137   Proud to be Irish     blaise    Sun Mar 19, 2006 22:19 
 138   Yo, blaise     Lady bracknell    Sun Mar 19, 2006 22:39 
 139   'Yo , Lady bracknell' !     Sharon    Sun Mar 19, 2006 23:47 
 140   You have very little to be proud of (imho)     Mac    Mon Mar 20, 2006 15:45 
 141   Provocative?     Mac    Mon Mar 20, 2006 16:13 
 142   Mac     'Provocative'    Mon Mar 20, 2006 23:47 
 143   to Mac (whatever)     blaise    Tue Mar 21, 2006 03:58 
 144   get real     nexis    Wed Mar 22, 2006 01:05 
 145   u get real - nexis     blaise    Wed Mar 22, 2006 15:05 
 146   Huh?     Nexis    Wed Mar 22, 2006 16:29 
 147   Provocative     Mac    Wed Mar 22, 2006 17:42 
 148   Terrorism     Mac    Wed Mar 22, 2006 18:00 
 149   To Mac/Nexis, whomever....     Lady Bracknell    Wed Mar 22, 2006 18:14 
 150   The myopic duet of Mac & Nexus     Mac    Wed Mar 22, 2006 19:12 
 151   Genocide     Mac    Wed Mar 22, 2006 19:42 
 152   Genocide     Mac    Wed Mar 22, 2006 20:22 
 153   Genocide     Mac    Wed Mar 22, 2006 20:24 
 154   definitions and misconceptions     blaise    Wed Mar 22, 2006 20:31 
 155   Blaise, the OED definition isn't the be-all and end-all     risible    Wed Mar 22, 2006 20:41 
 156   definitions and misconceptions     Mac    Wed Mar 22, 2006 20:56 
 157   oed and risible     blaise    Wed Mar 22, 2006 21:15 
 158   oh, dear, you slipped up     Troll Finder General    Wed Mar 22, 2006 23:15 
 159   just a random californian     lynx    Sun Mar 26, 2006 14:29 
 160   there are many reasons for this     ian kyle    Sun Mar 26, 2006 20:37 
 161   Meeting Northern Unionists     Lady Bracknell    Sun Mar 26, 2006 22:54 
 162   nitpicker ian     blaise    Sun Mar 26, 2006 23:18 
 163   Saddam killed more than 200 people     Iraq supporter    Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:45 
 164   Lady Bracknell and Blaise     ian kyle    Mon Mar 27, 2006 17:47 
 165   you are the one that is predictable     ian kyle    Mon Mar 27, 2006 17:57 
 166   Ian Kyle     Lady Bracknell    Mon Mar 27, 2006 19:57 
 167   ready to fight and Die     Barry    Mon Mar 27, 2006 20:06 
 168   bracknell/barry     ian kyle    Tue Mar 28, 2006 16:10 
 169   Contradictions     Lady Bracknell    Wed Mar 29, 2006 21:13 
 170   answer     activist    Sat May 20, 2006 20:07 
 171   street seen     prodolic    Sun May 21, 2006 11:03 
 172   Internet access = 1 euro per hour     cathestant    Sun May 21, 2006 11:33 
 173   Supply and Demand, my friend, Supply and Demand     prodolic    Sun May 21, 2006 11:46 
 174   Re. at least, well people are paying for them aren't they     daddy wharbucks    Sun May 21, 2006 12:13 
 175   WHY;     JOHN SAUNDERS    Sat Jun 10, 2006 21:40 
 176   freedom to abstain     prodolic    Sun Jun 11, 2006 13:51 
 177   They got what was comin' to 'em     Sleep Now In The Fire    Wed Jun 14, 2006 18:34 
 178   writer/actor excon     Gwatson    Tue Jan 22, 2008 02:41 
 179   WTF     Legendary Punk    Tue Feb 12, 2008 19:59 


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