the burn marks of a car on a footpath, leinster street south, dublin.

the 2006 dublin riots were a series of riots which occurred in dublin city on 25 february 2006, precipitated by a controversial unionist demonstration which was due to march down o'connell street in the city. the disturbances began when members of the police force attempted to disperse a group of irish republican counter-demonstrators who were blocking the route of the proposed march. local youths joined forces with the counter-demonstrators, ensuring that the situation was worse than the police had prepared for. while the stand off on o'connell street was still going on, several hundred rioters followed the unionist marchers to the nassau street area where they had been evacuated to. a number of cars were set alight and several businesses were damaged.