An Garda Síochána said today, January 31, that it continues to investigate all aspects of the violent disorder and public order events of November 23rd, 2023, in Dublin City Centre.
On Wednesday morning, two individuals were arrested by Gardaí from Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) North Central in connection with incidents related to this investigation.
One male in his late 20s and another in his late teens were arrested in the Dublin City area.
They are currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a Garda Station in the Dublin Region.
An Garda Síochána 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.
Gardaí previously said on November 24 that they had responded to serious public order incidents and violent disorder that occurred in Dublin City Centre on November 23.
Over 400 members of An Garda Síochána were deployed on patrol in Dublin City Centre on November 23, including frontline uniformed Gardaí, supported by over 250 Public Order Gardaí.
An Garda Síochána confirmed that seven vehicles were damaged by fire on November 23, 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 charged and due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice on November 24.
An Garda Síochána said they commenced a formal investigation into all of the circumstances of the violent disorder and public order events that occurred.
An incident room was established at Store Street Garda Station and a Senior Investigating Officer was appointed.
The day after the disorder, An Garda Síochána began the process of collating and harvesting CCTV and social media images from the events.
November 23, 2023: Scenes from the violent disorder incident in Dublin. (RollingNews.ie)
The "violent order and public disorder events" were preceded earlier in the day by a serious assault in Dublin's Parnell Square East near Gaelscoil Colaiste 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 January 30 that she has returned to ICU.
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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