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So far, 57 people have been arrested in connection to last year’s Dublin riots - but only a handful have been convicted.“By the end of August, about 190 people in the UK had been convicted and sentenced.By August 30th, 796 people had been charged in England and Northern Ireland in connection to the riots and a further 570 had been brought before the courts.
“One of the reasons why the riots stopped in the UK and why there was a real deterrent to it was because very quickly after the riots, you could see that people were being brought before the courts, convicted and sentenced,” he said.“Whereas in Ireland, I don’t think the public have really seen the fact that people have been convicted and there has been a consequence to their violence.
A fire on Dublin's O'Connell Street during looting and rioting on 23/11/2023. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie Deputy O’Callaghan said he was “not trying to make a political point out of it” but said reform is urgently needed.
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