Children stabbed in Dublin city centre **Read OP before posting**

The trap RTE and the politicians are about to fall into tomorrow by focusing on the protests tonight saying they were worse than the stabbing of little children..

I hope the text lines are open.

I also mentioned shoppers and people going on nights out won’t be coming into town after this. I, myself, live less than 3 miles from the GPO and work in the city centre a couple of days a week. Town has been scary for a number of years but post lockdown it’s menacing.

They're both wrong.

No point in comparing them.

It was a hundred thousand welcomes not 1000.

Just saw a thing on tiktok… Gardai in Store St had barricaded themselves in the station. Outside a patrol car is damaged or maybe even destroyed and missiles hurled….. it’s basically anarchy…

how does this get deescalated ? Not tonight but in the big picture… this is thought out anger… until Leo and co. stop, this might not stop…

kids, Irish kids are being fücked headfirst under the bus, here is their reaction….

Drew Harris with his hypocrisy needs to step down.

I feel sorry for the Gardai on the ground this evening. They had to deal with this crap, their boss saying stupid stuff about “far right” …who does this describe? In stead of labelling groups of people and enraging them, what ever happened to firm and non-inflammatory (excuse the pun) language.

Those poor people who were stabbed didn’t deserve that.

The Gardai didn’t deserve what happened.

Those trying to get to work didn’t deserve what WILL happen to them tomorrow.

ALL caused by idiots … an idiot who stabbed innocents… and idiots who can’t think of any other way to protest except loot burn and violence.

They're complete morons.

I'd like to understand them more rather than just labelling.

I've heard before that it's an expression of self-loathing to act out like that. I'm not sure how true that is.

We own those trams, buses, Garda cars. We paid for them.

They'll have to replaced and that money could've been spent on teachers or doctors.

I think it took the Gardai a couple of hours to get their **** together.

I honestly think the powers that be let this happen. I can't see any other explanation.

It was planned on social media from at least 5pm. Probably earlier.

My sympathies are with those who are currently in hospital, and and those who are recovering at home.

The most horrifying thing for me(outside of the crime) was how quickly this escalated from a horrific crime, to all out chaos. Even the Love Ulster parade didn't go down this badly, and they had weeks to organise the riots when that happened.

The maddening thing is that the wrong people, on both sides, will use this for their own benefit and disturbing agendas. The extreme left, and the extreme right will be very quick to use this. It will fuel things further on down the line, similar to how events of recent years have done the same.

It's definitely going to put a spotlight on those who said 'Dublin is safe' prior to this. This was in the City Center, not some poor suburb.

A perfect storm tipped over yesterday and if a lot of things don't change it will happen again.

Blame the scummy youth for being scum but don't ignore the under resourced policing capability, the weak revolving door self serving justice system and social welfare handouts that gives these people an armchair ride in society.

Blame the “right wing” for stoking the flames but dont ignore the huge number of normal people who protested peacefully to no avail in places like Inch, killarney, rosslare, fermoy and the north wall.

Blame the government for not consulting, integrating or being transparent in whats happening.

Blame the individual immigrant that commits the crime but dont ignore the conditions legitimate refugees have to live in, decades in direct provision is not right either. We need to address the balance of what people claiming protection get because the legitimate ones dont get enough and the chancers get to much.

This problem has multiple issues and people are quick and wrong to simplify it

No news overnight about the victims, hopefully they all recover.

Due to head Mater direction from the south side shortly, assume things have settled down?

It's been building for months or years even. Lots of anti immigrant protests everywhere, all over the country.

Then you've horrific murders by immigrants in last couple of years.

It just needed a spark and it got it today.

I knew there'd be rioting and mayhem.

The only positive thing is I don't think anyone was hurt amongst all the mayhem.

I have heard O'Connell St. closed off

The far right in Ireland are FF and FG who have defunded public services like policing for the past 15 years.