This afternoon.
Dublin City centre.
Scenes from today’s clash between supporters of anti-Islam group Pegida Ireland, anti racist protestors and gardaí.
Irish Times reports:
Scuffles broke out when a small party broke away from the main gathering of anti-Pegida demonstrators and chased another group, believed to be Pegida supporters, down North Earl Street and into a discount store.
Members of the Garda Public Order Unit, approaching from Talbot Street, baton charged protesters outside the shop back towards O’Connell Street and then set up a cordon in the middle of North Earl Street.
RTÉ is to make a formal complaint after a senior staff camerman was injured “by a garda”. Laura Fitzgerald, communications manager for RTÉ news and current affairs, said “one of our cameramen was injured while working covering a demonstration and he was injured by a garda”. She said the camerman was receiving medical attention.
Meanwhile…
Placard about Irish Pegida leader at #nopegida protest to oppose launch at GPO in Dublin pic.twitter.com/8qtatI3du4
— An Phoblacht (@An_Phoblacht) February 6, 2016
Ah here.
Scuffles break out at launch of anti-immigration group in Dublin (Irish Times)
Scuffles between gardaí and anti-Pegida protesters (RTE)
Previously: ‘I Prefer An Ireland Where The Overwhelming Population Is Of Ethnic Irish Origin’
Sam Boal/Rollingnews
Update:
The day that was in it.
Video via Rabble.ie
Thanks Bit Thompson