Five 'persons of interest' identified within hours of garda appeal on Dublin riots
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Gardaí have said that there has already been a "very significant" response to their appeal for information about 99 persons of interest in connection with the Dublin riots last year.
On Tuesday morning, the force launched a website containing CCTV images of the 99 people they were hoping for information on related to the disorder in November of 2023.
The purpose of the publication was to identify these 99 people to either rule each individual ‘in or out’ of and progress the criminal investigative process.
A spokesperson said that there had been a "very significant public response to this appeal for information."
The response has resulted in five images being removed from the gallery — as they have now been identified.
The spokesperson continued: "An Garda Síochána is not confirming at this time the role of any of these individuals in the events of the 23rd November 2023 and it should not be presumed that identification means criminal involvement in these events."
They continue to request assistance from members of the public who can provide information / nominate identification for any of the 94 ‘persons of interest’ through the Garda website.
The statement added: "Members of the public can do so confidentiality if they so wish.
These individuals are in addition to the 57 people already arrested in relation to looting and rioting, with 53 of them charged.
The high-quality images were taken from CCTV footage, mainly from inside stores that were broken into and robbed, with other images obtained from the streets where disorder was taking place.
The pictures have been uploaded on various Garda social media platforms with tools for people to provide information and even names of those pictured. The information can be provided anonymously or not.
Chief Superintendent Patrick McMenamin, who is leading the investigation, said: “I’m appealing to members of the public to access the images and, where they can, to help us with identifying those people. Nominations [the name of the person] can be made through the Garda website."