Nine more people have been arrested in relation to the Dublin riot in November, which was preceded by a stabbing incident near a school in the city's center.
This morning, Gardaí in Store Street in Dublin conducted ten searches at separate locations across Dublin City in connection with the ongoing investigations into the serious public order events that took place in Dublin City Center on November 23, 2023.
During the course of the searches on Tuesday, nine people were arrested, eight men and one woman. They are all currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at Garda stations in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR).
In an update later on Tuesday, Gardaí confirmed that four people - three men and one woman - of the nine who were arrested this morning had been charged and will appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice on Tuesday afternoon.
The five other men who were also arrested on Tuesday morning remain detained.
Tuesday's arrests - the sixth supplementary arrest linked to the investigation - bring the number of arrests in the ongoing investigation to 49.
An Garda Síochána said on Tuesday that it continues to appeal to anyone with information about the events on that day, or anyone involved in organizing 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.
On November 24, the day after the "public order incidents and violent disorder," An Garda Síochána confirmed that seven vehicles were damaged by fire, including three buses, three garda patrol cars, and one Luas tram.
Eight other garda vehicles were extensively damaged.
13 properties were attacked and substantially damaged.
A number of members of An Garda Síochána were injured, including one who was seriously injured and received treatment in hospital.
34 people were initially arrested.
The riot was preceded earlier in the day by a serious assault in Dublin's Parnell Square East near Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire which saw three young children and their caregiver hospitalized.
Two of the children were released from the hospital soon after, while the caregiver received treatment for a longer period.
The third child, a girl, remains hospitalized; her family said on July 18 that their "little warrior has been doing well and there is talk of a discharge before Autumn."
Riad Bouchaker, who was also hospitalized, was arrested later in December. He has been charged with the attempted murder of two female children and one male child; assault causing serious harm to a female childcare worker; and three counts of assault causing harm to the three children and was additionally charged with one count of possession or production of a 36cm kitchen knife.
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