At 1.30pm on Thursday, a tragedy played out on the streets of Dublin. A random and violent attack on schoolchildren is something we see on international news channels, not on our own. At 7pm that same day, the very same streets of Dublin also experienced the most destructive night of public disorder in recent memory after hundreds of amped-up individuals arrived in the city centre under a thinly veiled pretext of protest against the terrible stabbing incident that took place that afternoon on Parnell Square. What followed quickly descended into a fully-fledged riot. Several gardaí were injured, and 11 squad…

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