The aftermath on Wednesday morning of rioting outside Citywest Hotel on Tuesday night during which a Garda van was set on fire by rioters. Photograph: Sarah Burns
Shattered glass, a torn down public bin and piles of bricks lay strewn across Garter Lane outside the former Citywest Hotel on Wednesday morning following a night of violence.
A few metres away, the Garda van set alight by a mob the night before was being removed by a tow truck early on Tuesday morning.
Parents walking their children to nearby schools on the busy road in Saggart, Co Dublin nodded in disbelief at the scene that unfolded the previous evening.
Fireworks were launched at gardaí during a large pro
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