Enda McClafferty
BBC News NI political editor, reporting from Dublin

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People in Dublin are pretty shell-shocked after the events yesterday - it caught many people by surprise both in terms of the scale and intensity of the violence concentrated around O'Connell Street before spreading to the streets all around the city of Dublin.

There's a sense that perhaps gardaí were not as prepared as they could have been, people reflecting on it think there might have been two to three hours last night where the centre of Dublin felt completely lawless.

There's also a feeling here today that Ireland, in a sense, has moved to a different place - in terms of the far right elements within the country and what needs to happen next.

Thirty-two people are due to appear at Dublin District Court in connection to the riots from last night.

The 32 arrested include 28 men and four women - facing various charges including theft and public order offences.

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Siphiwe Mojo told BBC News NI she did not want to be identifiable as a black woman making her way home from Dublin city centre amid the rioting.

"I just wished I could just disappear," she said.

Ms Mojo, who is originally from Zimbabwe and has lived in Ireland for eight years, was in a restaurant with friends when the violence broke out.

She said management and staff allowed her and friends to then leave via a back door and they tried to make their way home.

Ms Moyo remembered seeing a lot of people running and was concerned for her safety. She thought about covering her face.

"It was at the moment, I was like how do I hide?

"I remember I had my scarf on and I was like should I put this on."

Ms Moyo says she felt traumatised after the whole ordeal.

Deliveroo driver Caio Benicio says he was acting on instinct when he tried to stop a man attacking children outside a school on Thursday afternoon.

Benicio told RTÉ it was a normal day, external, but had slowed his motorcycle down when he saw what he thought was a man and woman fighting.

He then saw a woman trying to get a girl away from the man.

"She was very, very brave," he added.

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It was then he said he saw the man had a knife.

"I just brake my bike and pull up my motorcycle. I saw him stab the little girl.

"And it was everything by instinct. I remember, I took off my helmet, to protect myself and use it as a weapon.

"[I] just hit him in the head with all power I have. And he fell down. And I hit him and then come other people and start to to kick him.

"When we see a man with a knife with a five years old kid. You don't. You don't think you just...just act. I think anyone is gonna do the same."

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At a press conference earlier Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Micheál Martin was asked about comments on Wednesday by Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who posted on X - "Ireland, we are at war".

The comments came the day before the rioting, but Martin was asked if posts like McGregor's concerned him.

He responded by saying those type of comments were "disgraceful".

"Isolated voices like that and voices that essentially are inciting hate and a degree of, to some extent, incitement is unacceptable," he added.

Balloons and flowers have been left at the scene of the knife attack in Dublin that left three children and a woman in hospital yesterday.

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After the stabbings, rumours spread on the WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal messaging apps and far-right agitators decided they would protest at the crime scene.

But that escalated into violence and the rioters, including young people, soon took over a large area of Dublin city centre.

For months there has been real concern that something like this could happen.

The far right in the Republic of Ireland has grown and become incredibly emboldened, recently holding a protest outside the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament).

But the violence last night was on a level not seen in Dublin in decades and has left the people of city reeling.

The British-Irish Council press conference is now over, with more meetings to follow between delegates.

Varadkar says government ministers will meet later today to discuss the events of Thursday.

"We are going to convene a meeting of key ministers this afternoon, but it will not be a cabinet meeting because we want other people to attend who are not members of the cabinet," he says.

This will include a briefing from security services.

Vardkar says he has spoken to the Garda commisioner today and is assured gardaí have enough powers and appropriate equipment to deal with the current situation.

He adds Ireland has strong laws such as the Public Order Act which gardaí can use.

He adds, however, that there are areas of the law that need to be modernised to deal with incitement and the social media age.

"Platforms have a responsiblility to take down messages - we need powers to pursue those that post them" Varadkar says.

Varadkar says the bill for last night's violence and subsequent clean-up is likely to be in the "tens of millions" of euros.

He adds that there will be government help available for businesses which were damaged by rioters.

He says he will be talking to business groups later about what the costs and support will be and the detail will have to be worked through.

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf expresses Scotland's "sorrow and shock" over the knife attack in Parnell Square East in Dublin.

He says he is praying for the full recovery of victims and he commends police who responded to rioting.

"While many would understandably run away from the danger, gardaí ran towards it," he says.

Mr Yousaf says everyone should be aware of and challenge the narrative of any extremists, whether they be far right or other ideologies - and also challenge any narrative that seeks to divide people.

The taoiseach is asked about advice to shoppers in Dublin on a busy shopping day due to Black Friday sales.

Leo Varadkar says the advice is that the city is safe and yesterday's advice for people to stay away related to the violence in "a small part" of the city and which was contained.

He adds there will be a "heightened garda presence" in Dublin and if the government believes there is a threat the advice will change.

Politicians have gathered for the British Irish Council which is meeting today in Dublin but the panel is taking some question about the events in Dublin.

UK Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove says he will not speculate on the motivation behind the "horrific" knife attack.

He then says the subsequent riot was shocking because such events are rare in Ireland and that the violence was "attack on the rule of law and legitimate authority."

He praises Irish police for their "exemplary" response and says there has been "near universal revulsion" which is testament to "Ireland's democracy".

He says its "unacceptable" behaviour wherever it occurs.

The British-Irish Council press conference is about to get under way.

Speakers will include Taoiseach Leo Varadkar; UK Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove, First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf and First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford.

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Trinity College in Dublin has fully reopened after its entrances were closed during the rioting.

It says it is planning to operate a normal day but will monitor the situation.

"It is likely that there will be an increased gardai presence in the city today and you should check before travelling in to the university as some public transport may still be disrupted and some city centre roads may be closed," it said in an email to staff and students.

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A Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) truck which attended the scene of the stabbing in Parnell Square East was later attacked by rioters attempting to put out a blaze in the city centre, the service says.

Speaking to RTÉ, divisional organiser of DFB Geoff McEvoy says a crew was responding to a petrol bomb attack on a premises that was understood locally to be utilised as a refugee centre.

He says crews were "actually being impeded" by elements within the mobs in doing their duty.

He says the truck was pelted with projectiles as his crews attempted to put out the flames.

"It was beaten with iron implements and equipment was taken off the truck and ultimately, they had to go back to their station," he adds.

During last night's riot, an Arnotts department store in Abbey Street was broken into and part of it was ransacked.

The store had been closed early to keep staff and customers safe.

Donald McDonald, CEO of Arnotts and Brown Thomas, says no staff were hurt during the events and although team members and customers were shaken they are safe.

"They may have damaged our store and stolen some merchandise, but they can never damage the Arnotts spirit, we will not allow them," he says.

He thanks the staff affected for their "professionalism and resilience during the disturbance".

Police in Dublin need more support and currently need to be supplemented by officers from outside the city "every day," never mind when rioting breaks out, a senior union representative tells RTÉ.

Antoinette Cunningham, General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors says authorities must be challenged on how the police are resourced.

"The minister for justice has got to stop saying there's enough resources to police Dublin when she knows and we know that they're being bused in for every single situation to assist colleagues who are stationed here permanently," she says.