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Panic on the streets of Dublin

Good analysis from Slugger as always. I have to say, the whole thing took me by surprise. Loyalist march? In Dublin? Huh? But whatever my philosophical objections to the march, what happened in town on Saturday was a disgrace. It wasn’t a protest; it was just out-and-out criminality. I agree with the one commenter on a related post who observed of the rioting that “a few people … throw a few stones then every junkie and scumbag within a radius of ten miles arrives lookin [sic] for a mill.” That’s certainly what it looked like to me (from the comfort of my own home, admittedly).

Tue 28 Feb 2006 at 18:24   ·


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You are reading Panic on the streets of Dublin, a Microlog entry by MacDara Conroy. It is filed under Arts & Culture, and was published in February 2006.

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#crime #culture #dublin #riot #sectarianism #sluggerotoole #society


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This day in history: 28 February


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Wed 01 Mar 2006 at 12:26
Tue 28 Feb 2006 at 18:24
Thu 12 Jan 2006 at 22:47