Dublin City Council workers help in the clean-up effort after rioting in the capital on Thursday night. Photograph: Conor Pope She said the gardai were responding with “full force, they are using every means available to them, every force available to them to bring these people to justice”. The chief executive of Arnotts Donald McDonald echoed that anger in a statement in which he noted that the department store was a “very special place, made up of great people and throughout its 180-year history, Arnotts has not alone survived but thrived through tough times, emergencies and many crises”. Supt Geraghty said: "The boy has since been discharged from CHI Crumlin. An Garda Síochána is providing support to the parents of all the children. The adult female in her 30s is being treated for serious injuries at the Mater Hospital."

There was incredible selflessness, the immediate instinct of everyone, including the carer and the staff and the school was to protect the children. Ireland’s police chief said on Friday that 34 people were arrested over the riots. Of those, “32 … will be appearing before the courts this morning,” Police Commissioner Drew Harris said at a press conference. Then when it descended into the violence it was just unbelievable. That the terrible thing. We’re all mourning the terrible events shot, and then suddenly it’s all about a mob which were absolutely appalling.” An Garda Síochána is following a definite line of inquiry. The male in his 50s is a person of interest in this investigation. An Garda Síochána is not looking for any other person at this time,” it went on. In a second garda briefing on the stabbings on Thursday evening, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said the gardaí were not ruling anything out in relation to the stabbings. President’s statementArnotts Department store on Henry Street, which was looted during the riots last night, reopened for business at noon and would remain open until 6pm, Mr McDonald said. I work as a delivery driver. Yesterday I was working as a normal day when I came here to Parnell Square," Caoi explained.

Mr Collins was speaking after Garda Commissioner Drew Harris had to withdraw from the authority’s meeting to return to Dublin. And I would say that this is not who we are as a people, Ireland has built a modern and inclusive society. It is something precious that we should all work to hold,” he said. We are particularly thinking of the five-year-old girl and the member of staff caring for her who are both in serious condition in hospital. Standing at the Luas stop was a man whose partner had given birth to a baby boy on Thursday. He shook his head as he took in what he was looking at. The Dublin City Council Traffic and Incident Management Centre said O’Connell Street northbound is closed while Parnell Square East and North are closed.Police said the unrest was driven by a “lunatic, hooligan faction driven by a far-right ideology” and warned against “misinformation”.