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2006 was the year of the Love Ulster riot, when a planned loyalist march down O Connell Street led to chaos and street fighting in Dublin city centre.
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Watch: RTÉ News report on riots in Dublin on 25 February 2006 (via RTÉ Archives)
Although Irish soccer manager Steve Staunton struggled in his new role, it was also a year of sporting success: Cork sprinter Derval O Rourke won gold at the World Indoor Championships, Katie Taylor won World and European boxing titles and Bernard Dunne took the European Super bantamweight title.