Templeogue Road, Templeville Park, Fortfield Park, Templeville Avenue, Cypress Grove Road, Wainsfort Road, Wainsfort Crescent, Glendown Road, Grosvenor Court, Wellington Road Arnotts Department store on Henry Street, which was looted during the riots last night, reopened for business at noon and would remain open until 6pm, Mr McDonald said. This evening, police cars, buses and trams were torched to the ground and shops looted as scenes of unrest broke out in the city centre.

Mr McMenamin said Dublin city centre was "now calm" and "returning to normal", but that police would "continue to monitor" the situation. Asked if she failed to prepare sufficiently, she said: “This is not a large faction of our society. This is a relatively small group of people whose sole focus is to wreak havoc . . . This is not about immigration, this is not about the young children who are in hospital this evening, these are criminals these are thugs. This is not about people feeling safe or being safe, these are criminals and thugs.”

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The Irish justice minister, Helen McEntee, labelled the scenes “intolerable” and said a “thuggish and manipulative element must not be allowed to use an appalling tragedy to wreak havoc”.

Without thinking, I just took across the road to help out,” she told the Irish national broadcaster RTE. The child who was seriously injured is aged 5 years and is currently undergoing emergency medical treatment at Temple Street Hospital. According to authorities, Dublin city centre is now calm, but officers are still operating and monitoring the situation.

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A woman in her 30s was being treated for serious injuries at the Mater hospital. The Irish Times understands she was an employee of the school or afterschool care facility the children were attending. There was incredible selflessness, the immediate instinct of everyone, including the carer and the staff and the school was to protect the children. It's our responsibility to make sure that we police the streets, and part of that is we ask people to act responsibly and not to listen to the misinformation and rumour that is circulating on social media.

I think there’s disgraceful scenes in terms of a major investigation, the maintenance of a scene and the gathering of evidence,” he told media during a press conference at Mountjoy Garda Station. We are particularly thinking of the 5 year old girl and the member of staff caring for her who are both in serious condition in hospital. All of our prayers are with each of them for a full recovery. The school started out as an all-Irish secondary school in the 1930s and, later, included a private all-Irish primary school which prepared boys aged 7-12 for entry to second level.I was passing by in my motorcycle and I saw, first I thought it was a fight, with a man and a woman, later on, I found out she was a teacher. She was very very brave. I have to tell that.