An Garda defends response after 33 people arrested in Dublin city over bank holiday weekend Hundreds of drinkers dispersed from gathering points around the city centre
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Nineteen people were arrested on Saturday night for alleged public order offences following a second evening of disorder in Dublin city centre which again saw glass bottles thrown at officers. Video: Ellen O Riordan
Gardaí with riot shields move in to disperse crowds on South Anne Street south in Dublin city. Photograph: Damien Storan
A senior garda has defended the force’s use of shields and batons amid scenes of disorder in Dublin city that resulted in at least 33 arrests over the weekend.
The chief suspect for the murder of mother of two Jennifer Poole (24) in north Dublin was still being questioned by gardaà on Sunday night as a fundraiser for her funeral costs and for her young children had raised almost â¬35,000.
Ms Poole, who had a daughter (7) and son (4), was fatally injured in a knife attack in her home on Melville Drive, Finglas, just before 2pm on Saturday.
Her son was in the apartment at the time, while Ms Pooleâs daughter is believed to have been with a relative when the attack took place.
Gardaà believe a man well known to Ms Poole fatally stabbed her in her first-floor apartment, located in duplex housing on a private estate, before jumping from the first floor balcony and fleeing the area.