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Who were the Dublin rioters?

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Judges are sending a message: stealing shoes during a riot attracts a jail sentence, whereas the same theft in a vacuum would not.
Irish Times crime correspondent Conor Gallagher details the judicial aftermath of the 2023 Dublin riots, analyzing who the rioters were, the unprecedented police investigation using a public photo collage, and why courts are handing down unusually harsh sentences for crimes committed during the chaos.

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A sober account of the Dublin riots and the court cases that followed.

This episode follows the Dublin riots of November 2023 into the courtroom, where the prosecutions become a statement about public order as much as punishment.

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You want the sentencing logic behind the Dublin riots.

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