2023 Dublin riot#Stabbings

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| partof = the Irish anti-immigration protests

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| date = 23 November 2023

| place = Dublin, Ireland

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| causes = * Reaction to stabbing of a woman and three children by a man at Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square East

Concerns over immigration
Misinformation

| methods = * Rioting

| result = Gardaí deployed to disperse the crowd, numerous businesses and vehicles damaged

| arrests = 57, {{As of|2024|11|19|lc=y}}{{cite news |last= |first= |date=19 November 2024 |title=Irish police seek 99 people in Dublin riot investigation |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crr91grj4z9o |work= |location= |access-date=19 November 2024}}

| charged = 53, {{As of|2024|11|19|lc=y}}

| damage = {{ubl|13 shops looted or damaged|4 buses and 1 Luas tram destroyed|11 Garda vehicles damaged{{cite news |last= |first= |date=24 November 2023 |title=Dublin riots: Clean-up begins after violence driven by 'lunatic, hooligan faction' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/11/24/dublin-riots-clean-up-begins-after-violence-driven-by-lunatic-hooligan-faction-causes-chaos/ |newspaper=The Irish Times |location= |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124083422/https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/11/24/dublin-riots-clean-up-begins-after-violence-driven-by-lunatic-hooligan-faction-causes-chaos/ |url-status=live }}}}

| injuries = 60 gardaí assaulted, three of whom seriously injured{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-riots-60-gardai-assaulted-as-three-receiving-treatment-for-serious-injuries/a1602707052.html|title=Dublin riots: 60 gardai assaulted as three receiving treatment for serious injuries|work=Irish Independent|first1=Ken|last1=Foy|first2=Denise|last2=Calnan|first3=Seoirse|last3=Mulgrew|first4=Gabija|last4=Gataveckaite|date=24 November 2023|accessdate=24 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125050406/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-riots-more-arrests-on-oconnell-street-on-friday-evening-as-hundreds-of-gardai-swarm-city-centre-to-prevent-repeat-of-chaos/a1602707052.html|url-status=live}}

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On the evening of 23 November 2023, a riot took place in Dublin, Ireland, and involved multiple incidents of vandalism, arson, and looting in the city centre as well as assaults on Gardaí (Irish police) and members of the public.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-23 |title=How the chaos unfolded as hundreds riot in Dublin city |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1123/1418245-dublin-rioting/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123232828/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1123/1418245-dublin-rioting/ |archive-date=23 November 2023}} Gardaí described the riot as the most violent in modern Dublin history, far surpassing the 2006 riots. Initial estimates by Dublin City Council suggested that the damage could cost up to €20 million,{{Cite news |title=Dublin riots: Escalating cost of unrest could 'run to €20m' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/11/24/dublin-riots-escalating-cost-of-unrest-could-run-to-20m/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |newspaper=The Irish Times |archive-date=30 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130213732/https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/11/24/dublin-riots-escalating-cost-of-unrest-could-run-to-20m/ |url-status=live }} while then-Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, stated that it could cost "tens of millions".{{Cite news |last=Sigsworth |first=Tim |date=2023-11-24 |title=Dublin riots: Damage to cost 'ten of millions' |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/24/dublin-police-officer-injured-riots-garda-siochana-live/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124114605/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/24/dublin-police-officer-injured-riots-garda-siochana-live/ |url-status=live }}

The riot was triggered by a man stabbing three young children and a care assistant at around 1:30{{nbsp}}p.m. GMT that day outside a primary school in Parnell Square East, Dublin. A five-year-old girl was critically injured and the care assistant—who had tried to shield the children with her own body—was seriously injured. In the hours following the stabbings, far-right activists used social media and messaging apps to spread public anger over immigration.{{Cite news |last1=Kwai |first1=Isabella |last2=Satariano |first2=Adam |date=2023-11-24 |title='It Snowballed': How a Knife Attack in Dublin Led to a Riot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/world/europe/dublin-riots-police.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The New York Times |url-access=subscription |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125143642/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/world/europe/dublin-riots-police.html |url-status=live }} At a later point, the suspect was identified as Riad Bouchaker, originally from Algeria; he has been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder and assault and will face trial at the Central Criminal Court. The five-year-old girl was discharged from hospital in August 2024.

By 5{{nbsp}}p.m., a crowd of 100 to 200 anti-immigrant demonstrators had gathered at Parnell Square. The unrest began at around 6{{nbsp}}p.m. when demonstrators began throwing fireworks, flares and bottles at the Gardaí who were maintaining a cordon around the crime scene. Shortly before 7 p.m., a nearby Garda car was set on fire. Rioting progressed to the adjacent O'Connell Street, Dublin's main thoroughfare, and also spread to Capel Street and Parliament Street. At its peak, the rioting crowd was estimated at 500 people.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=24 November 2023 |title=Dublin riots live: Rioters are 'criminals filled with hate', says Varadkar |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/24/dublin-police-officer-injured-riots-garda-siochana-live/ |work=The Telegraph |location= |access-date=24 November 2023 |quote=Ireland’s prime minister said the roughly 500 people involved “brought shame on Ireland” |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124114605/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/24/dublin-police-officer-injured-riots-garda-siochana-live/ |url-status=live }} Several Dublin Bus vehicles, Garda vehicles and a Luas tram were damaged or destroyed by arson and vandalism, and multiple shops were looted. In response, around 400 Gardaí were dispatched, including the largest deployment of Gardaí armed with riot gear in Ireland's history.{{cite news|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/liveblog-dublin-riots-aftermath-6231436-Nov2023/|title=As it happened: Increased Garda presence in Dublin, Opposition declare no confidence in Commissioner|publisher=TheJournal.ie|date=24 November 2023|accessdate=25 November 2023|quote=We had the largest number of gardai in public order unit gear that has ever been deployed and this happened in a very short space of time.|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125050424/https://www.thejournal.ie/liveblog-dublin-riots-aftermath-6231436-Nov2023/|url-status=live}} Approximately 60 Gardaí were assaulted during the riot, three of whom sustained serious injuries. By 10{{nbsp}}p.m., the rioters had been dispersed, with 34 arrests made that evening and further arrests made over subsequent days.{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Rory |last2= |first2= |date=2023-11-27 |title=Large-scale arrests expected for suspected ringleaders of Dublin riot |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/large-scale-arrests-expected-for-suspected-ringleaders-of-dublin-riot |access-date=2023-11-29 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128154926/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/large-scale-arrests-expected-for-suspected-ringleaders-of-dublin-riot |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=Full scale of Dublin riots destruction laid bare, as gardaí expected to arrest up to 150 more people |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/full-scale-of-dublin-riots-destruction-laid-bare-as-gardai-expected-to-arrest-up-to-150-more-people/a1294562729.html |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=Irish Independent |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130095207/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/full-scale-of-dublin-riots-destruction-laid-bare-as-gardai-expected-to-arrest-up-to-150-more-people/a1294562729.html |url-status=live }}

Following the riot, the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, blamed the events on a "lunatic, hooligan faction driven by a far-right ideology." Other public figures criticised policing in Dublin city and called for the resignations of Harris and the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee. The minister subsequently survived a vote of no confidence in Dáil Éireann. The government implemented additional riot-prevention measures after the incident, borrowing water cannons from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, passing new laws enabling the use of police body cameras, and announcing plans to expand the use of hand-held video cameras, tasers, and pepper spray.{{Cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Paul |date=2023-11-29 |title=Public Order Unit to be issued with tasers, says Harris |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1129/1419129-garda-justice/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129142432/http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1129/1419129-garda-justice/ |url-status=live }}

Stabbings

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire stabbings

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| image = Parnell Square East (facing North), Dublin, 2014.jpg

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| caption = Parnell Square East, facing north. The attack occurred on the east side of the street.

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| location = 4 Parnell Square East
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| date = 23 November 2023

| time = 1:30{{nbsp}}pm GMT

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| type = Mass stabbing

| fatalities = 0

| injuries = 5 (including the attacker)

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| perpetrators = Riad Bouchaker

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| weapons = 10-inch knife{{cite news |last=Holland |first=Kitty |date=24 November 2023 |title=Dublin stabbing: how the chaos unfolded on Parnell Square |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-how-the-chaos-unfolded-on-parnell-square/ |newspaper=The Irish Times |location= |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123230151/https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-how-the-chaos-unfolded-on-parnell-square/ |url-status=live }}

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On 23 November 2023, at approximately 1:30{{nbsp}}pm GMT, a man armed with a knife attacked a group of young children outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire, a primary school in Parnell Square East, Dublin. The man critically injured a five-year-old girl and seriously injured Leanne Flynn Keogh, a care assistant in her 30s who had tried to protect the children.{{Cite news |date=23 November 2023 |title=Dublin stabbing: Man arrested after three children injured in 'appalling attack' with 'no terrorist link' |work=The Irish News |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2023/11/23/news/dublin_city_centre_three_children_injured_serious_incident_-3795977/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123175333/https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2023/11/23/news/dublin_city_centre_three_children_injured_serious_incident_-3795977/ |archive-date=23 November 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Neeson |first=Conor |date=23 November 2023 |title=Dublin: Girl, 5, and woman seriously hurt in knife attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67512002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123150845/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67512002 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=BBC News}}{{Cite news |date=23 November 2023 |title=Vehicles set alight during violent clashes in Dublin following stabbing |work=Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-attack-live-updates-three-children-injured-chief-suspect-detained/#28409 |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123175521/https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-attack-live-updates-three-children-injured-chief-suspect-detained/#28409 |url-status=live }} Two other children, a five-year-old boy and six-year-old girl, sustained less serious injuries and were discharged from hospital shortly after the incident.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-25 |title=Dublin stabbing: Second child discharged from hospital |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67528038 |access-date=2023-11-25 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125214627/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67528038 |url-status=live}} Flynn Keogh spent more than a week in intensive care before being moved to a high-dependency unit and then to a ward. She was discharged from the hospital shortly before Christmas.{{Cite web |last=O'Toole |first=Michael |date=2024-01-22 |title=Dublin creche attack hero Leanne Flynn Keogh is out of hospital |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/dublin-creche-attack-hero-leanne-31939826 |access-date=2024-02-26 |work=Irish Mirror |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129133916/https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/dublin-creche-attack-hero-leanne-31939826 |url-status=live }} The five-year-old girl spent extended periods in a paediatric intensive care unit.{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Olivia |title=Girl (5) stabbed in Parnell Square attack readmitted to intensive care |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/01/30/girl-5-stabbed-in-parnell-square-attack-readmitted-to-intensive-care/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |newspaper=The Irish Times |archive-date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211142438/https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/01/30/girl-5-stabbed-in-parnell-square-attack-readmitted-to-intensive-care/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Costa |first=Imasha |date=2024-01-30 |title=Five-year-old girl stabbed in Dublin back in intensive care |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41320939.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |work=Irish Examiner |archive-date=4 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204213643/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41320939.html |url-status=live }} She was eventually discharged from hospital in August 2024.{{Cite news |date=3 September 2024 |title=Girl seriously injured in Dublin knife attack leaves hospital |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0903/1468089-dublin/ |access-date=3 September 2024 |work=RTÉ News}}{{Cite web |title=Dublin: Girl injured in knife attack in November leaves hospital |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd05m5pvrypo |access-date=2024-09-03 |work=BBC News}}

The attacker was disarmed by three passers-by who intervened: Warren Donohoe from Baltinglass, County Wicklow, Caio Benicio, a delivery driver from Brazil, and Alan Loren-Guille, a 17-year-old trainee chef from France.{{Cite web |last=O'Toole |first=Michael |date=2023-11-25 |title=Three heroes who risked their lives to tackle Dublin creche knifeman |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/heroes-risked-lives-dublin-creche-31524517 |access-date=2023-11-25 |work=Irish Mirror |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125061210/https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/heroes-risked-lives-dublin-creche-31524517 |url-status=live }} Donohoe grabbed the attacker, whom Benicio then struck with his motorcycle helmet, knocking him to the ground and incapacitating him.{{Cite news |last=McAuley |first=Eimer |date=24 November 2023 |title='It was pure instinct': Brazilian Deliveroo driver tells of moment he stopped Parnell Street attacker |work=TheJournal.ie |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/motorcyclist-hero-stops-school-stabbing-6231383-Nov2023/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124013922/https://www.thejournal.ie/motorcyclist-hero-stops-school-stabbing-6231383-Nov2023/ |url-status=live }} Loren-Guille wrested the knife from the man, suffering minor injuries to his hand and face in the process.{{Cite news |date=24 November 2023 |title='You just act': Ireland salutes 'heroes' of Dublin knife attack |work=France 24 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231124-you-just-act-ireland-salutes-heroes-of-dublin-knife-attack |access-date=25 November 2023 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125050254/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231124-you-just-act-ireland-salutes-heroes-of-dublin-knife-attack |url-status=live }} After others began kicking the attacker as he lay on the ground, two women—a local and an American tourist—formed a protective ring around him, urging onlookers to wait for the gardaí to arrive. Another man safeguarded the attacker's knife until gardaí could retrieve it.{{Cite web |last=O'Reilly |first=Alison |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dublin stabbing eye witness Siobhán Kearney: 'We got the knife off him... and formed a ring around him' |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41276098.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |work=Irish Examiner |archive-date=26 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126185545/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41276098.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Rory |date=2023-11-23 |title=Violent protests in Dublin after woman and children injured in knife attack |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/23/dublin-knife-attack-children-stabbing-ireland-parnell-square |access-date=2023-11-26 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123162947/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/23/dublin-knife-attack-children-stabbing-ireland-parnell-square |url-status=live }}

Detained by Gardaí and taken to a Dublin hospital after suffering serious injuries,{{Cite news |last=Libreri |first=Samantha |date=27 November 2023 |title=Girl, 5, remains in critical condition following Dublin attack |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2023/1127/1418783-dublin-attack/ |access-date=28 November 2023 |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128021050/http://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2023/1127/1418783-dublin-attack/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Lally |first1=Connor |last2=Holland |first2=Kitty |date=23 November 2023 |title=Violence erupts in Dublin city after stabbing attack targeted young children |work=Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/11/23/violence-erupts-in-dublin-city-after-stabbing-attack-targeting-young-children/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123223605/https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/11/23/violence-erupts-in-dublin-city-after-stabbing-attack-targeting-young-children/ |url-status=live }} the suspect was later reported to be of Algerian origin.{{Cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Conor |date=2023-11-27 |title=What do we know about the suspect in the Parnell Square knife attack? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/27/what-do-we-know-about-the-suspect-in-the-parnell-square-knife-attack/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |newspaper=The Irish Times |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129052057/https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/27/what-do-we-know-about-the-suspect-in-the-parnell-square-knife-attack/ |url-status=live }} He had lived in Ireland for 20 years and had become a naturalised Irish citizen in 2014.{{Cite news |last1=Kwai |first1=Isabella |last2=Satariano |first2=Adam |date=2023-11-24 |title='It Snowballed': How a Knife Attack in Dublin Led to a Riot |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/world/europe/dublin-riots-police.html |access-date=2023-11-25 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125143642/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/world/europe/dublin-riots-police.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title='Credible threats' made to stabbing suspect as gardaí find no link yet to school in attack |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/credible-threats-made-to-stabbing-suspect-as-gardai-find-no-link-yet-to-school-in-attack/a31148074.html |access-date=2023-11-25 |work=Irish Independent |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125172049/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/credible-threats-made-to-stabbing-suspect-as-gardai-find-no-link-yet-to-school-in-attack/a31148074.html |url-status=live }} He had appeared in court in June 2023, charged with possession of a knife and criminal damage to a car.{{Cite news |last1=Mooney |first1=John |last2=Scott |first2=Claire |last3=Corr |first3=Julieanne |last4=O'Donoghue |first4=Patrick |date=2023-11-27 |title=Dublin stabbing: Victim is from migrant family |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/dublin-stabbing-victim-is-from-migrant-family-3nw0fsppv |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-11-27 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127212242/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dublin-stabbing-victim-is-from-migrant-family-3nw0fsppv |url-status=live }} Garda commissioner Drew Harris described the attack as "standalone" and stated that it was not terrorism-related. A Garda superintendent said no other individuals were wanted by the gardaí in connection with the attacks.

On 21 December 2023, the suspect was named Riad Bouchaker ({{Langx|ar|رياض بوشاكر|Riyāḍ Būshakar}}), a 50-year-old man from Algeria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-50-to-appear-in-court-over-parnell-square-stabbings-1567417.html|title=Dublin stabbings: Man (50) charged with attempted murder of three children in Parnell Square|date=21 December 2023|website=BreakingNews.ie|access-date=21 December 2023|archive-date=21 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221192721/https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-50-to-appear-in-court-over-parnell-square-stabbings-1567417.html|url-status=live}} Bouchaker was charged in Dublin District Court on that day with three counts of attempted murder of three children and one count of serious harm to an adult, as well as two counts of assault causing harm to two other children and one charge of assault of another adult. When further charged with the possession and production of a 36-centimetre kitchen knife, he replied: "I am a sick person."[https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2023/1221/1423243-parnell-square/ Man charged with attempted murder over Parnell Square attack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224234424/https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2023/1221/1423243-parnell-square/ |date=24 December 2023 }} RTÉ News, 2023-12-21. On 22 February 2024, Bouchaker appeared at Cloverhill District Court. The court was told that the Director of Public Prosecutions had completed work on a large and complex book of evidence, and Bouchaker was sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court. The court directed that the media refrain from naming Bouchaker's legal representatives, due to "safety concerns" and "after what occurred around the city".{{Cite news |date=22 February 2024 |title=Man sent forward for trial over Parnell Square knife attack |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0222/1433880-parnell-square-court/ |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224034746/https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0222/1433880-parnell-square-court/ |url-status=live }}

Riot

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Following the stabbing incident, rumours spread on the WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal messaging apps that the attacker was an illegal immigrant, and that the children were dead.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2023/1207/1420746-how-dublins-riots-developed/|title='Unfolding chaos': Watch how Dublin's riots developed|work=RTÉ News|first1=Mark|last1=Coughlan|first2=Kate|last2=McDonald|date=7 December 2023|accessdate=9 December 2023|archive-date=8 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208184227/https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2023/1207/1420746-how-dublins-riots-developed/|url-status=live}} They stated that the attack was an act of Islamic terrorism and claimed that the stabbings were part of a larger pattern of violent attacks by immigrants, including the murder of Ashling Murphy, a 23-year-old Irish primary school teacher whose killer, Slovakian immigrant Jozef Puška, had been sentenced six days earlier.{{Cite news |last=McDermott |first=Stephen |date=2023-11-27 |title=The Dublin riots shocked Ireland – but some of us saw this creep to the far right coming |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/27/dublin-riots-far-right-ireland-anti-immigrant |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204204008/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/27/dublin-riots-far-right-ireland-anti-immigrant |archive-date=4 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-06 |work=The Guardian}} Members of the far right urged people to go to the scene and "make your feelings known"; they used the hashtag #Irelandisfull.{{cite news |last1=Ledwith |first1=Mario |title=What happened in Dublin? How false rumours fuelled a night of chaos |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/why-were-there-riots-in-dublin-stabbing-3w6spph00 |work=The Times |date=24 November 2023 |url-access=subscription |access-date=25 November 2023 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125142012/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-were-there-riots-in-dublin-stabbing-3w6spph00 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/24/how-far-right-hooligans-used-whatsapp-organise-dublin-riots/|title='Any foreigner, just kill them': How far-Right hooligans used WhatsApp to organise Dublin riots |work=The Telegraph|first1=Nick|last1=Squires|first2=Blathnaid|last2=Corless|date=24 November 2023|accessdate=25 November 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-date=24 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124225119/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/24/how-far-right-hooligans-used-whatsapp-organise-dublin-riots/|url-status=live}}

By 5{{nbsp}}pm, a crowd had gathered at the top of O'Connell Street, near the scene of the stabbings, some carrying the flag of Ireland or placards with anti-immigration slogans such as "Irish Lives Matter".{{Cite news |date=23 November 2023 |title=Unrest in Dublin: Shops looted, vehicles on fire, streets closed |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104320317 |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123213818/https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104320317/ |url-status=live }} Around 6{{nbsp}}pm, the crowd of between 100 and 200 people, was joined by youths carrying metal bars and wearing facial coverings (including balaclavas and hoods).{{cite news |last1=Condon |first1= Ali |title=Violent 'far-right' riots break out in Dublin following knife attack |url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/23/far-right-riots-dublin-knife-attack/ |work=Pink News |date=23 November 2023 |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231124010627/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/23/far-right-riots-dublin-knife-attack/ |url-status=live }} A small number of people were reported to be shouting anti-immigration slogans at gardaí.{{Cite news |date=23 November 2023 |title=Dublin riots: Vehicles set alight during violent clashes following stabbing |work= Irish Times |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-attack-live-updates-three-children-injured-chief-suspect-detained/#57780 |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123175521/https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-attack-live-updates-three-children-injured-chief-suspect-detained/#57780 |url-status=live }} Members of the crowd began throwing fireworks, flares and bottles at the gardaí who were maintaining a cordon at the crime scene.{{Cite news |last=Fletcher |first=Laura |date= 2023-11-23 |title=Gardaí attacked during violent unrest after stabbing |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2023/1123/1418216-protests/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123213722/https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2023/1123/1418216-protests/ |url-status=live }} Vehicles were vandalised and set on fire, including Garda vehicles, buses, and a Luas tram. Shops and businesses were looted and set on fire.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Violence involving 'lunatic hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology' behind Dublin riots |url= https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2023/11/23/news/violence_involving_lunatic_hooligan_faction_driven_by_far-right_ideology_behind_dublin_riots-3796728/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=The Irish News |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124083413/https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2023/11/23/news/violence_involving_lunatic_hooligan_faction_driven_by_far-right_ideology_behind_dublin_riots-3796728/ |url-status=live }} At the peak of the riot, the crowd grew to about 500 people and spread to Capel Street and Parliament Street.{{cite news |last1= Weckler |first1=Adrian |title=Rioting continues in Dublin City as buildings seen on fire |url= https://www.independent.ie/videos/rioting-continues-in-dublin-city-as-buildings-seen-on-fire/a51748211.html |work=Irish Independent |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123222924/https://www.independent.ie/videos/rioting-continues-in-dublin-city-as-buildings-seen-on-fire/a51748211.html |url-status=live }} Members of the Garda Public Order Unit were deployed to the area.{{Cite news |last=Fletcher |first=Laura |date=23 November 2023 |title=Gardaí attacked during violent unrest after stabbing |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2023/1123/1418216-protests/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123185223/https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2023/1123/1418216-protests/ |url-status=live }} A witness described the rioters as "young people—late-teens, early-20s" who were being "egged on" by older people.{{Cite news |date=24 November 2023 |title=Dublin riot: 'Huge destruction' after school stabbing leads to 34 arrests |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67516612 |url-status=live |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124092911/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67516612 |archive-date=24 November 2023}} By this point, social media users on Telegram encouraged rioters to target foreigners, stating to "kill everyone you come across."{{Cite web |last=B92 |date=24 November 2023 |title=Night of chaos: This is unheard of for decades; "Kill everyone you come across" |url=https://www.b92.net/eng/comments.php?nav_id=117123 |url-status=live |access-date=2 December 2023 |website= |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124102510/https://www.b92.net/eng/comments.php?nav_id=117123 }}

In response to the rioting, Luas and Dublin Bus suspended their services.{{Cite news |last=Boland |first=Lauren |date=23 November 2023 |title='Severe disruption' to public transport as Dublin Bus and Luas services suspended due to riots |publisher=TheJournal.ie |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/public-transport-bus-luas-cancelled-riots-6231314-Nov2023/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123221634/https://www.thejournal.ie/public-transport-bus-luas-cancelled-riots-6231314-Nov2023/ |url-status=live }} Many businesses near the scene closed early or cancelled events.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Luas, bus and garda car set ablaze amid violence on Dublin streets after school knife attack; Looters raid Arnotts and Footlocker stores |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/luas-bus-and-garda-car-set-ablaze-amid-violence-on-dublin-streets-after-school-knife-attack-looters-raid-arnotts-and-footlocker-stores/a1602707052.html |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Irish Independent |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123211945/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/luas-bus-and-garda-car-set-ablaze-amid-violence-on-dublin-streets-after-school-knife-attack-looters-raid-arnotts-and-footlocker-stores/a1602707052.html |url-status=live }} Tara Street railway station was closed by Iarnród Éireann.{{Cite news |last=Fletcher |first=Laura |date=23 November 2023 |title=Gardaí attacked during violent unrest after stabbing |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2023/1123/1418216-protests/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123185223/https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2023/1123/1418216-protests/ |url-status=live }} Trinity College, which is close to the scene, imposed a lockdown and closed all gates to its campus.{{Cite news |last=Neeson |first=Conor |date=24 November 2023 |title=Dublin riot sees clashes with police after five hurt in stabbings |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67512002 |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123235700/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67512002 |url-status=live }} A police cordon was created at the Oireachtas building at Leinster House, while officers from the Mounted Support Unit were deployed in nearby Grafton Street.{{Cite news |last=Pylas |first=Pan |date=24 November 2023 |title=Violent clashes break out in Dublin after knife attack that injured 3 children, one seriously |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/dublin-ireland-stabbing-children-9a75c71fbac34fe789220c684c5eb661 |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123232108/https://apnews.com/article/dublin-ireland-stabbing-children-9a75c71fbac34fe789220c684c5eb661 |url-status=live }}

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris stated a "complete lunatic hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology" was behind the violence and condemned it as "disgraceful". He also called upon people "to act responsibly and not to listen to the misinformation and rumour that is circulating on social media."{{Cite news |date=23 November 2023 |title=Dublin riots: Vehicles set alight during violent clashes following stabbing |work=Irish Times |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-attack-live-updates-three-children-injured-chief-suspect-detained/#24073 |url-access= subscription |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123175521/https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-attack-live-updates-three-children-injured-chief-suspect-detained/#24073 |url-status=live }} He also denied that the Gardaí had failed to protect the city from the violence, calling the response to the stabbing unanticipated. Garda sources later told The Irish Times that the events were unlike anything seen in modern Dublin history, surpassing by far the levels of violence and criminal damage seen during the 2006 "Love Ulster" riots. Minister for Justice Helen McEntee said the incident saw the largest deployment of riot gardaí to a public order situation in Ireland's history.{{Cite news |date=24 November 2023 |title=Dublin riot saw most riot police deployed in Irish state history |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67516612 |access-date=25 November 2023 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124092911/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67516612 |url-status=live }}

At around 10{{nbsp}}pm, gardaí reported that most of the crowds had dispersed and that the city centre was "mainly calm".{{Cite news |date=23 November 2023 |title=Dublin riots: Vehicles set alight during violent clashes following stabbing |work=Irish Times |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-attack-live-updates-three-children-injured-chief-suspect-detained/#35040 |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123175521/https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/23/dublin-stabbing-attack-live-updates-three-children-injured-chief-suspect-detained/#35040 |url-status=live }} More than 400 officers were retained to keep order after the violence subsided.

Arrests, injuries and damage

Gardaí initially reported that they had made 34 arrests in connection with the rioting.{{Cite news |date=24 November 2023 |title=Irish police arrest 34 people in Dublin rioting following stabbings outside a school |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/ireland-rioting-dublin-stabbing-farright-2eaabb92b4e1623615a0860911cab91b |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125050251/https://apnews.com/article/ireland-rioting-dublin-stabbing-farright-2eaabb92b4e1623615a0860911cab91b |url-status=live }} They made further arrests after 23 November, after families and friends called the Gardaí to turn in rioters.{{cite web |title=Relatives turn in their relatives who took part in the riots | date=27 November 2023 |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/dublin-riot-thugs-being-shopped-31535815 |publisher=Irish Mirror |access-date=27 November 2023 |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128104953/https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/dublin-riot-thugs-being-shopped-31535815 |url-status=live }} Up to 60 gardaí were assaulted, three of whom suffered serious injuries. One garda was hospitalised with a severe injury to his toe, another garda suffered a broken ankle, while a third officer broke three fingers on one of his hands.

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Thirteen shops suffered significant damage or looting which included the theft of charity boxes. Among the shops looted were Arnotts on Henry Street and Foot Locker on O'Connell Street.{{cite news |title=Stores looted on O'Connell Street in Dublin as chaos breaks out |url=https://www.independent.ie/videos/stores-looted-on-oconnell-street-in-dublin-as-chaos-breaks-out/a956042742.html |work=Irish Independent |date=23 November 2023 |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123230628/https://www.independent.ie/videos/stores-looted-on-oconnell-street-in-dublin-as-chaos-breaks-out/a956042742.html |url-status=live }} Three Dublin Bus vehicles were destroyed by arson—two of them hybrid buses estimated to cost €570,000 each, and a diesel bus valued at €350,000—and six other buses were damaged. Two garda patrol cars were destroyed by arson and 15 other garda vehicles were damaged. A Luas tram was set on fire, with sources stating that it may have to be replaced at a cost of €5 million.

The Dublin Fire Brigade said one of its fire engines that responded to the stabbing scene was "pelted with projectiles" and "beaten with iron implements" while attending to a refugee centre that was petrol bombed during the riots.

In July 2024 eight men and one woman were arrested in Dublin, bringing the total number arrested in connection with the riots to 49.{{Cite news |title=Nine arrested in connection with Dublin riots |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0723/1461324-dublin-riots-arrests/ |date=2024-07-23 |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=RTÉ News}} All were held in Garda stations in Dublin and ten locations were searched.

Aftermath

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On the following morning of 24 November, the Luas Red Line ran a limited service between Tallaght/Saggart and Smithfield.{{Cite news |title=A number of transport disruptions in aftermath of riots in Dublin |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/transport-disruptions-in-dublin-6231482-Nov2023/ |last=O'Cearbhaill |first=Muiris |date=2023-11-24 |access-date=2023-11-24 |work=TheJournal.ie |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125050402/https://www.thejournal.ie/transport-disruptions-in-dublin-6231482-Nov2023/ |url-status=live }} The Green Line ran a limited service between St Stephen's Green and Brides Glen.

Some schools in the vicinity of the riot closed early on 24 November and Temple Street Children's Hospital cancelled clinics for the day, although it remained open for emergencies.{{Cite news |title=Schools close early and clinics cancelled at Temple Street amid fears of unrest in the city centre. |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/restrictions-and-closures-dublin-riots-6231842-Nov2023/ |last=Flynn |first=Valerie |date=2023-11-24 |access-date=2023-11-24 |work=TheJournal.ie |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125050253/https://www.thejournal.ie/restrictions-and-closures-dublin-riots-6231842-Nov2023/ |url-status=live }}

The riot, which occurred a day before the Black Friday shopping day, curtailed consumer spending on that day as most people were likely to avoid the city centre of Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Dublin businesses count the cost of city riots |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1124/1418277-dublin-businesses-count-the-cost-of-riots/ |date=2023-11-24 |access-date=2023-11-25 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125134727/https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1124/1418277-dublin-businesses-count-the-cost-of-riots/ |url-status=live }} Some businesses opened late and closed early the day after the riots. Arnott's reopened for business from noon until 6{{nbsp}}pm on 24 November following extensive overnight cleanup by staff. The General Post Office on O'Connell Street also reopened for business at noon on 24 November.{{Cite news |title=Arnotts reopens today after Dublin violence last night |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1124/1418302-arnotts-to-reopen-today-after-riots/ |date=2023-11-24 |access-date=2023-11-25 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125134732/https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1124/1418302-arnotts-to-reopen-today-after-riots/ |url-status=live }} The Chief Executive of Retail Excellence reported that trading fell 70% in Dublin city centre compared to the previous Black Friday.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title='Angry, devastated' retailers left to count cost as Black Friday trade down 70pc |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/angry-devastated-retailers-left-to-count-cost-as-black-friday-trade-down-70pc/a1257437411.html |access-date=2023-11-25 |work=Irish Independent |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125153119/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/angry-devastated-retailers-left-to-count-cost-as-black-friday-trade-down-70pc/a1257437411.html |url-status=live }} On 30 November Bank of Ireland analysis of credit and debit card spending showed that spending was down 46% compared to the previous year on the nearest Friday.{{Cite news |title=Spending in Dublin city sinks 46% after riots - Bank of Ireland |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1130/1419352-spending-in-dublin-city-sinks-46-after-riots-boi/ |date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201004154/https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1130/1419352-spending-in-dublin-city-sinks-46-after-riots-boi/ |url-status=live }}

The Muslim Sisters of Éire charity organisation said that it would be unable to provide its usual support for the homeless on O'Connell Street on 24 November, as it feared for the safety of its volunteers.{{Cite news |title='It's too dangerous': Muslim Sisters of Eire not opening Dublin street cafe tonight |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41276404.html |last=O'Reilly |first=Alison |date=2023-11-24 |access-date=2023-11-24 |work=Irish Examiner |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125050254/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41276404.html |url-status=live }}

The GoFundMe 'Buy Caio Benicio a pint', was set up the day after the attack for the man who incapacitated the attacker, raising over €300,000 in less than 24 hours.{{Cite web |title=Thousands raised for Deliveroo driver who helped halt Dublin knife attack |url=https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-raised-for-deliveroo-driver-who-helped-halt-dublin-knife-attack-13015465 |access-date=2023-11-25 |work=Sky News |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125074418/https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-raised-for-deliveroo-driver-who-helped-halt-dublin-knife-attack-13015465 |url-status=live }}

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Minister McEntee said gardaí were trawling through 6,000 hours of CCTV footage and vowed that further arrests would follow, while Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said damage to public infrastructure from the unrest could cost "tens of millions of euros to repair".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dublin-riots-ireland-stabbing-latest-news-b2453261.html|title=Irish police trawl through 6,000 hours of CCTV footage in Dublin riots probe|work=The Independent|first=Jonathan|last=McCambridge|date=24 November 2023|accessdate=25 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125071721/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dublin-riots-ireland-stabbing-latest-news-b2453261.html|url-status=live}}

Fearing further unrest, two water cannons were loaned to An Garda Síochána from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, for use until the end of the year.{{Cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Paul |date=2023-11-25 |title=Garda water cannon ready for use in case of more unrest |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1125/1418433-gardai-dublin/ |work=RTÉ News |access-date=25 November 2023 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125153118/https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1125/1418433-gardai-dublin/ |url-status=live }}

On the night of 24 November, gardaí made arrests on O'Connell Street after a smaller number of people attempted to create unrest for a second night in a row.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/11/24/dublin-riots-and-dublin-stabbings-latest-news-updates/|title=Dublin riots: Further arrests in city centre on Friday night while McEntee comes under pressure - as it happened|first1=Jack|last1=Power|first2=Carl|last2=O'Brien|first3=Ronan|last3=McGreevy|date=24 November 2023|publisher=The Irish Times|access-date=24 November 2023|archive-date=24 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124150135/https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/11/24/dublin-riots-and-dublin-stabbings-latest-news-updates/|url-status=live}} A high visibility policing plan was put in place throughout the weekend, including the deployment of four public order units.{{cite news|url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/thuggery-on-streets-of-dublin-will-not-be-tolerated-irish-justice-minister-1556731.html|title=McEntee says 'thuggery' will not be tolerated amid heavy garda presence in Dublin|publisher=BreakingNews.ie|first=Rebecca|last=Black|date=25 November 2023|accessdate=25 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125180947/https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/thuggery-on-streets-of-dublin-will-not-be-tolerated-irish-justice-minister-1556731.html|url-status=live}}

Pressure mounted on the government and gardaí in the wake of the riots as McEntee insisted she would not resign and Commissioner Harris denied there were "personnel failures" inside the force.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/25/dublin-riots-pressure-mounts-on-helen-mcentee-and-drew-harris-over-garda-response/|title=Dublin riots: Pressure mounts on Helen McEntee and Drew Harris over Garda response|publisher=The Irish Times|first1=Conor|last1=Lally|first2=Pat|last2=Leahy|date=24 November 2023|accessdate=25 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125115203/https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/25/dublin-riots-pressure-mounts-on-helen-mcentee-and-drew-harris-over-garda-response/|url-status=live}} They were subsequently called upon to appear before the Oireachtas Justice Committee to address the violence and disruption on Dublin's streets.{{cite news|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/pressure-mounts-as-garda-commissioner-and-justice-minister-called-before-committee-6232756-Nov2023/|title=Pressure mounts as Harris and McEntee called before justice committee over city centre violence|publisher=TheJournal.ie|first=Mairead|last=Maguire|date=25 November 2023|accessdate=25 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125204449/https://www.thejournal.ie/pressure-mounts-as-garda-commissioner-and-justice-minister-called-before-committee-6232756-Nov2023/|url-status=live}}

On 19 November 2024 Gardaí released images of more than 90 persons of interest they want to interview.{{Cite news |title=Gardaí release images of 'persons of interest' over Dublin riots |last=Reynolds |first=Paul |date=2024-11-19 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/1119/1481726-dublin-riots-gardai/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |author-link=Paul Reynolds (RTÉ journalist) |work=RTÉ News}}{{Cite web |title=Investigation into Large Scale Public Disorder Incident, Dublin, 23rd November 2023 - 'Persons of Interest' |url=https://www.garda.ie/garda/en/persons_of_interest/ |date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=An Garda Síochána - Ireland's National Police Force and Security Service}} Gardaí have over 17,000 hours of CCTV footage, which they are still reviewing. They have taken over 1,100 statements, arrested 57 people and are following more than 500 lines of inquiry. Two days later, 18 of them were identified.{{Cite news |title=18 people identified after Dublin riot images published |date=2024-11-21 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/1120/1482000-dublin-riots/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |work=RTÉ News}} By 23 November 56 of them had been identified.{{Cite news |title=56 people identified as part of garda Dublin riots appeal |date=2024-11-23 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/crime/2024/1123/1482584-crime-riots-appeal/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |work=RTÉ News}}

=Legal proceedings=

On 24 November, 32 people (28 men and 4 women) appeared in court in Dublin in connection with the riot. Their charges included weapons offences, public order offences and theft of items such as clothing and cigarettes.

On 18 November 2024, a man who pleaded guilty to five charges - including arson, criminal damage and disorder - was the first of the rioters to be convicted.{{Cite news |title=Man who set garda car on fire during Dublin riots 'did it without thinking' |last=Reynolds |first=Paul |date=2024-11-18 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/1118/1481619-garda-car-fire/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |author-link=Paul Reynolds (RTÉ journalist)|work=RTÉ News)}} He was remanded in custody for sentencing later in the week. He was jailed for six and a half years on 20 November.{{Cite news |title=Man who set garda car on fire during Dublin riots jailed |last=Reynolds |first=Paul |date=2024-11-20 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1120/1482037-declan-donaghey-court/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |author-link=Paul Reynolds (RTÉ journalist) |work=RTÉ News}} He had set a Garda car on fire and attacked a centre for housing immigration applicants.

On 5 December 2024, a 49-year-old man was charged with assaulting two Gardaí on Parnell Street.{{Cite news |title=Man charged with assaulting two gardaí during Dublin riots |last=Reynolds |first=Paul |date=2024-12-05 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/1205/1484945-dublin-riots-court/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |author-link=Paul Reynolds (RTÉ journalist) |work=RTÉ News}} He was also accused of attempting to damage a Garda car, violent disorder, criminal damage to property and producing a bottle in order to intimidate another person. He is due to appear at the Dublin District Court on 16 January 2025.

On 10 January 2025, a woman in her 30s was arrested and held in a Garda station in Dublin in connection with the riots.{{Cite news |title=Woman arrested in connection with Dublin riots in 2023 |date=2025-01-10 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0110/1490165-dublin-riots-arrest/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |work=RTÉ News}} She was not one of the "people of interest" sought the previous November and her arrest brings the total number of arrests in relation to the riot to 65.

On 4 February 2025, a man was sentenced to four and a half years for damaging a bus, a garda car and looting a number of shops.{{Cite news |title=Man who damaged bus and garda car in Dublin riots jailed |last=Reynolds |first=Paul |date=2025-02-04 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/0204/1494691-kyle-lawrence/ |author-link=Paul Reynolds (RTÉ journalist) |work=RTÉ News}} He was the second person to be jailed in connection with the riots.

Misinformation

Commissioner Harris attributed the riot to "hateful assumptions" based on material circulating online following the stabbings. This included claims that the attacker was a foreign national. The Gardaí had not revealed the suspect's personal information at that time.

After the rioting began, false information began circulating on social media that the Defence Forces had been deployed onto the streets. Images from a recent army training exercise that included armoured personnel carriers were attached to the misinformation in order to deceive readers. At 8:50{{nbsp}}pm the Defence Force's official X (formerly Twitter) account debunked the rumours.{{Cite news |date=23 November 2023 |title=Riot in Dublin after five hurt in knife attack |work=BBC News |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-67512628?pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:975d1cc9-c4bb-48fb-9151-84d7a326c349&pinned_post_asset_id=655fbee925a3f53728286c4b |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231124114605/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-67512628?pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:975d1cc9-c4bb-48fb-9151-84d7a326c349&pinned_post_asset_id=655fbee925a3f53728286c4b |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/24/ireland-dublin-riots-stabbing/|title=Far-right protesters burn and loot in Dublin in worst violence 'in decades'|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=25 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125145550/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/24/ireland-dublin-riots-stabbing/|url-status=live}}

Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland's media regulator, said it was concerned about the spread of violent imagery, hate speech and disinformation on social media platforms following the unrest.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnam.ie/update-from-coimisiun-na-mean-following-violent-incidents-in-dublin-on-november-23rd/|title=Update from Coimisiún na Meán following violent incidents in Dublin on November 23rd|website=Coimisiún na Meán|date=24 November 2023|accessdate=25 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125120948/https://www.cnam.ie/update-from-coimisiun-na-mean-following-violent-incidents-in-dublin-on-november-23rd/|url-status=live}} There had been a focus on the role played by social media in the riots, with anti-immigrant rhetoric and misinformation being spread on some platforms.{{cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1124/1418324-coimisiun-na-mean-on-dublin-riots/ |title=Regulator concerned over spread of disinformation on social media |work=RTÉ News |first=Brian |last=O'Donovan |date=24 November 2023 |accessdate=25 November 2023 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124213529/http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1124/1418324-coimisiun-na-mean-on-dublin-riots/ |url-status=live }} An analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue also attributed the violence to failures by the Gardaí to take threats from the far right seriously and the government's failure to tackle a continuing housing crisis, which enabled the spread of anti-immigrant sentiment.{{cite news |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231125-dublin-riot-highlights-far-right-agitation-over-ireland-immigration |title=Dublin riot highlights 'far-right' agitation over Ireland immigration |publisher=France 24 |date=25 November 2023 |accessdate=25 November 2023 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125115756/http://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231125-dublin-riot-highlights-far-right-agitation-over-ireland-immigration |url-status=live }}

Reactions

=Domestic=

== Governmental ==

President Michael D. Higgins stated that his thoughts were with the victims of the attack, and said "that it would be used or abused by groups with an agenda that attacks the principle of social inclusion is reprehensible and deserves condemnation by all those who believe in the rule of law and democracy."{{Cite news |date=2023-11-23 |title=Our thoughts with children affected by attack - President |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104320477/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124013727/https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104320477/ |url-status=live }}

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he was "shocked" by the knife attack and praised the emergency services for responding "very quickly".{{Cite news |last=Nolan |first=Hazel |date=23 November 2023 |title=Taoiseach praises emergency response to knife attack in city |publisher=FM104 |url=https://www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-news/taoiseach-praises-emergency-response-to-knife-attack-in-city/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123171443/https://www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-news/taoiseach-praises-emergency-response-to-knife-attack-in-city/ |url-status=live }} He said later that the rioters had brought "shame" to Dublin for their families and themselves,{{Cite web |date=2023-11-24 |title=Ireland to tighten hate laws amid far-right Dublin riot 'shame' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/24/irish-police-make-34-arrests-after-dublin-rioting |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Aljazeera |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124153713/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/24/irish-police-make-34-arrests-after-dublin-rioting |url-status=live }} and were not motivated by patriotism but by "hate" and their "love" of "violence", "chaos", and "causing pain to others", and pledged to use the "full resources of the law, the full machinery of the state to punish those involved" in what he called "grotesque events". Varadkar also pledged to pass new laws to enable police "to make better use of" CCTV evidence and "modernise" laws regarding hate and incitement.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-24 |title=Dublin violence motivated by hate: Irish PM |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231124-dublin-violence-motivated-by-hate-irish-pm |access-date=2023-11-24 |work=France 24 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125050259/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231124-dublin-violence-motivated-by-hate-irish-pm |url-status=live }}

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee said that a "thuggish and manipulative element must not be allowed to use an appalling tragedy to wreak havoc". She also announced the allocation of €4.4 million to buy additional vehicles for the Gardaí.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-25 |title=McEntee says 'order restored' in Dublin after unrest, more garda vehicles on way |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1125/1418433-gardai-dublin/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125153118/https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1125/1418433-gardai-dublin/ |url-status=live }}

Former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Nial Ring, said he spoke to parents and children of the school where the attack took place, and said "It's just something you don't expect. One of the main comments I heard was 'this only happens in America'."{{Cite web |last=Ainsworth |first=Paul |date=2023-11-23 |title=Witness describes 'bedlam' as Dublin stabbing suspect disarmed following attack |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2023/11/23/news/witness_describes_bedlam_as_dublin_stabbing_suspect_disarmed_following_attack-3796661/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=The Irish News |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123212327/https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2023/11/23/news/witness_describes_bedlam_as_dublin_stabbing_suspect_disarmed_following_attack-3796661/ |url-status=live }}

Sinn Féin leader and Dublin Central TD Mary Lou McDonald, whose constituency covers the area affected by the violence, said the incident sent "shock and horror throughout the community". She also criticised the government, stating that although the Gardaí had her full support, she had "no confidence" in both McEntee and Garda Commissioner Harris.{{cite news |date=24 November 2023 |title=Mary Lou McDonald says she has no confidence in Justice Minister or Garda Commissioner |work=The Journal |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/garda-commissioner-position-untenable-gary-gannon-6231938-Nov2023/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128104954/https://www.thejournal.ie/garda-commissioner-position-untenable-gary-gannon-6231938-Nov2023/ |url-status=live }} Another Dublin Central TD, Gary Gannon from the Social Democrats, called for McEntee and Harris to resign from their offices, calling their positions "untenable".{{cite news |last=Power |first=Jack |date=24 November 2023 |title=Dublin riots brought 'shame on Ireland', says Varadkar, as some inner city schools close early on Garda advice |newspaper=The Irish Times |location= |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/11/24/dublin-riots-and-dublin-stabbings-latest-news-updates/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124150135/https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/11/24/dublin-riots-and-dublin-stabbings-latest-news-updates/ |archive-date=24 November 2023}} Ivana Bacik, the leader of the Labour Party, also called for more gardaí to be deployed on the streets and acknowledged major problems around garda recruitment, adding that her party has not had confidence in the Government's handling of policing for some time. Meanwhile, Tánaiste and concurrent Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin expressed confidence in McEntee and Harris.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-25 |title=Sinn Féin considers no-confidence motion as Government backs McEntee |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1125/1418476-ireland-governent-mcentee/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128105112/https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1125/1418476-ireland-governent-mcentee/ |url-status=live }} Unnamed government ministers, TDs, and senators within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael however said that McEntee's position was "untenable".{{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title=Fianna Fáil TDs and senators say position of justice minister is 'untenable' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fianna-fail-tds-and-senators-say-position-of-justice-minister-is-untenable/a1311485234.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |work=Irish Independent |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125172037/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fianna-fail-tds-and-senators-say-position-of-justice-minister-is-untenable/a1311485234.html |url-status=live }}

=== Motion of no confidence in McEntee ===

On 1 December, Sinn Féin tabled a motion of no confidence in Helen McEntee as Minister for Justice. The vote took place on 5 December. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald said the government was "not listening", and McEntee "refuses to acknowledge the political failures that allowed our communities to become unsafe".{{Cite news |last=Meskill |first=Tommy |date=2023-12-01 |title=SF no-confidence motion in McEntee to be heard Tuesday |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1201/1419559-ireland-politics/ |access-date=3 December 2023 |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203180457/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1201/1419559-ireland-politics/ |url-status=live }}

In response, Fianna Fáil leader and Tánaiste, Micheál Martin, accused Sinn Féin of using "the only response one can expect from Sinn Féin": "to exploit the crisis".

The Government won the vote with 83 to 63.{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=David |date=2023-12-05 |title=Govt wins confidence motion in Minister for Justice |work=RTÉ News |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/1205/1420137-mcentee-confidence-motion/ |access-date=5 December 2023 |archive-date=6 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206034942/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/1205/1420137-mcentee-confidence-motion/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Oireachtas |first=Houses of the |date=2023-12-05 |title=Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion – EDITVotes – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – 2023-12-05 – Houses of the Oireachtas |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/vote/dail/33/2023-12-05/170 |access-date=2023-12-05 |publisher=Oireachtas}}

== Religious ==

Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell described the stabbing attack as "particularly distressing" and commended the emergency services for their response. He also said he was praying for the injured, their families, and all those affected, and invited the people of Dublin to join him in prayer.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-23 |title=Parnell Square attack 'particularly distressing' - Catholic Archbishop |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104320519/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124114606/https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104320519/ |url-status=live }}

Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson extended his concern and compassion to those affected by the stabbings and thanked the emergency services for their response. He also said he was praying for the injured, for those living in Dublin and for those involved in keeping the peace in the capital.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Michael |date=23 November 2023 |title=Dublin archbishop's statement on the Parnell Square stabbings |url=https://anglican.ink/2023/11/23/dublin-archbishops-statement-on-the-parnell-square-stabbings/ |access-date= |website=Anglican Ink |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128105111/https://anglican.ink/2023/11/23/dublin-archbishops-statement-on-the-parnell-square-stabbings/ |url-status=live }}

Umar Al-Qadri, the Chair of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council, advised members of the Muslim community to avoid travelling into Dublin city centre the weekend after the riot.{{Cite news |title=Imam advises Muslim community to avoid Dublin city after unrest |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1125/1418479-muslim-community-ireland-dublin/ |date=2023-11-25 |access-date=2023-11-26 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125192124/https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1125/1418479-muslim-community-ireland-dublin/ |url-status=live }} He said his thoughts were with those injured at the attack at the school and he was shocked at the riot. The morning after the riot, numbers attending Friday prayers in mosques were low and many Muslim children did not travel to school. Al-Qadri advised weekend schools in mosques to suspend activities.

== Other ==

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors said that Garda officers in Dublin needed more support and called on officers from outside the city to be brought in to supplement them. Dermot O'Leary, general secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union condemned the "appalling violence" in Dublin following the decision to halt transport services due to the rioting.{{cite news |date=24 November 2023 |title='Severe disruption' to public transport as Dublin Bus and Luas services suspended due to riots |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/public-transport-bus-luas-cancelled-riots-6231314-Nov2023/ |work=The Journal |access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123221634/https://www.thejournal.ie/public-transport-bus-luas-cancelled-riots-6231314-Nov2023/ |url-status=live }} In response to the stabbing, the Irish National Teachers' Organisation said its hearts were "with the entire school community of Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire following the horrendous incident that has taken place".

The Dublin Chamber of Commerce said "Public safety is a cornerstone of any civic society, and any threat to it must be dealt with swiftly".

=International=

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, stated in a social media post that she was "shocked by the brutal attack that injured several people in Dublin, including children".{{Cite news |date=2023-11-23 |title=Von der Leyen 'shocked' by Dublin stabbings |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104320459/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |work=RTÉ News |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124114606/https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104320459/ |url-status=live }}

French President Emmanuel Macron thanked Loren-Guille, who helped apprehend the stabber, for "this act of bravery which helped save lives and which makes us all proud". The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs added that it was sending its "thoughts to the victims of this attack and their families" and stood "with Ireland and the Irish people".{{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title=French president congratulates hero intern who disarmed Dublin city knife suspect – 'It makes us all proud' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/french-president-congratulates-hero-intern-who-disarmed-dublin-city-knife-suspect-it-makes-us-all-proud/a532772609.html |access-date=2023-11-25 |work=Irish Independent |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125153114/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/french-president-congratulates-hero-intern-who-disarmed-dublin-city-knife-suspect-it-makes-us-all-proud/a532772609.html |url-status=live }}

Elon Musk criticised the Irish government saying that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar "hates the Irish people", adding: "The current Irish government clearly cares more about praise from woke media than their own people."{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/x-owner-elon-musk-hits-out-at-leo-varadkar-as-dublin-security-ramped-up-after-thursdays-disorder/a1731063924.html|title=X owner Elon Musk hits out at Leo Varadkar as Dublin security ramped up after Thursday's disorder|publisher=Belfast Telegraph|first=Liam|last=Tunney|date=25 November 2023|accessdate=26 November 2023|archive-date=26 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126004228/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/x-owner-elon-musk-hits-out-at-leo-varadkar-as-dublin-security-ramped-up-after-thursdays-disorder/a1731063924.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/elon-musk-dublin-riots-varadkar-b2453496.html|title=Elon Musk weighs in on Dublin riots claiming country's PM 'hates the Irish people'|work=The Independent|first=Graig|last=Graziosi|date=25 November 2023|accessdate=26 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125221742/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/elon-musk-dublin-riots-varadkar-b2453496.html|url-status=live}} In response, Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan said these comments show "how little he [Musk] knows about the country", and that "in my mind, [Musk's position is] being abused and misused".{{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title=Eamon Ryan says Elon Musk's comments on Ireland 'shows how little he knows about the country' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/eamon-ryan-says-elon-musks-comments-on-ireland-shows-how-little-he-knows-about-the-country/a1132855271.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |work=Irish Independent |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125223701/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/eamon-ryan-says-elon-musks-comments-on-ireland-shows-how-little-he-knows-about-the-country/a1132855271.html |url-status=live }}

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson labelled the violent scenes in Dublin "race riots", and suggested that "achingly liberal" countries like Ireland now had concerns about the pace of immigration.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/dublin-boris-johnson-ireland-geert-wilders-daily-mail-b2453123.html|title=Boris Johnson links Dublin 'race riots' to immigration fears|work=The Independent|first=Dominic|last=McGrath|date=14 November 2023|accessdate=27 November 2023|archive-date=26 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126201247/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/dublin-boris-johnson-ireland-geert-wilders-daily-mail-b2453123.html|url-status=live}}

Following the riot, the Algerian embassy in Dublin circulated warnings to community groups advising Algerian citizens to "show the utmost caution and vigilance, and to avoid places that have been the subject of violence and vandalism", in particular Dublin city centre.{{cite news |last1=Gallagher |first1=Conor |last2=Pollak |first2=Sorcha |date=27 November 2023 |title=Algerian embassy warns citizens to 'reduce movements' following Dublin riots |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/27/algerian-embassy-warns-citizens-to-reduce-movements-following-dublin-riots/ |access-date=28 November 2023 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127213713/https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/11/27/algerian-embassy-warns-citizens-to-reduce-movements-following-dublin-riots/ |url-status=live }}