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- Officers identified the risk of violence at the event after monitoring online chatter in recent weeks.
- 23 people were arrested in total with a "major investigation" now underway.
- A major policing operation was in place from yesterday morning with senior officers, including the Commissioner, taking direct command.
- Officers had been monitoring online chatter in recent weeks as groups planned a protest for Stephen's Green.
- A number of gardaí have been injured in the wake of the clashes, which saw fireworks aimed at officers.
- The Taoiseach has condemned today's events as posing an "unacceptable risk" to the public and gardaí.
- A special court sitting is being convened and several fixed charge notices have been issued.
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# Vmdff
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# Carers
# Carers
Maeve Higgins: The State cannot say it values migrant workers while it pushes them out the door
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# New York
# New York
Second former aide accuses New York governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment
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# Grafton Street
# Grafton Street
Thirteen people charged after special court sitting to deal with anti-lockdown protest arrests
# Vaccines
# Vaccines
Johnson & Johnson single dose Covid vaccine cleared by US officials
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# Ruins Of Rome
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# Ruins Of Rome
Italy's time is nearly up, get South Africa or Argentina into the Six Nations
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# Rats
# Rats
Dublin requests for HSE pest control increased by around one-fifth last year
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# Lockdown Protest
# Lockdown Protest
Gardaí were prepared for potential violence and drafted in specialist officers to help police Dublin protest
# Shot In The Arm
# Shot In The Arm
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The changes announced this week related to those with underlying health conditions.
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# Opening Up
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# Opening Up
'To be honest, from 2017 to 2019, I heard something in every single game about my weight'
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# Evening Fix
# Evening Fix
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# Grafton St
# Grafton St
'We will bring perpetrators to justice': Anti-lockdown protest condemned after injuries and arrests
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# Triple Crown
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# Triple Crown
Wales put 40 points on England to stay on course for Grand Slam
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# Major Operation
# Major Operation
23 people arrested after clashes between anti-lockdown protesters and gardaí in Dublin city centre
# Investigation
# Investigation
Social Democrats vote unanimously to push government towards clear redress scheme for Mother and Baby Home survivors
At the party’s national conference, Social Democrats voted to call on the government to prioritise addressing survivors’ concerns.
# Daily Update
# Daily Update
Coronavirus: 13 deaths and 738 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland
HSE CEO Paul Reid has said there has been “continued improvement” in hospital figures.
# Up And Running
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# Up And Running
Farrell's Ireland notch first win of Six Nations with six-try success over Italy
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# Politics
# Politics
Opinion: 'Irish politics is starting to feel more inclusive, more diverse'
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# Moved Up
# Moved Up
Vaccinations of people at 'very high risk' with specific health conditions to begin in early March
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# Returned
# Returned
Children abducted from school in Nigeria freed after ten days
42 people, including 27 children, have been freed.
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As it happened: Italy v Ireland, Six Nations Championship
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# Covid19
# Covid19
HSE's Paul Reid says 'we are winning, it's just not over yet' as hospital numbers decline
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# Tagged
# Tagged
$650 million settlement approved in privacy lawsuit against Facebook
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# Search
# Search
Man arrested as gardaí seize cocaine and cannabis herb in Roscommon
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# Mandalay
# Mandalay
Myanmar police escalate crackdown on coup protesters
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# The Times We Live In
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# New Zealand
# New Zealand
Auckland ordered back into lockdown as Covid-19 case detected
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'We want to play that brand of rugby' - Henshaw keeps faith in Ireland's attack
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# What A Waste
# What A Waste
Poll: Have you noticed more litter in your area during lockdown?
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# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
'If the Commission dissolves tomorrow, we'll be denied justice': Survivor says testimony was 'misrepresented'
One survivor says her experience was “misrepresented” to a “shocking extent” in the final report by the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes.
# The42 Reads
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# The42 Reads
The days when Ireland couldn't buy a win against Italy
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# United States
# United States
US house passes $1.9 trillion dollar pandemic relief bill
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# Human Rights
# Human Rights
Oireachtas members join international alliance pushing for tougher stance on China
Senator McDowell says Ireland can no longer ignore the “clear challenge” of the Chinese Communist Party.
# North Cork
# North Cork
Post-mortems to be carried out on bodies of three brothers found dead in Cork
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# Los Angeles
# Los Angeles
Lady Gaga's two abducted bulldogs safely returned to police
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