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On the evening of 23 November 2023, a riot took place in Dublin, Ireland, and involved multiple incidents of vandalism, arson, and looting in the city centre as well as assaults on Gardaí (Irish police) and members of the public. [4] Gardaí described the riot as the most violent in modern Dublin history, far surpassing the 2006 riots. [5]
10 July – Authorities in Dubai confirmed that charges of attempted suicide and alcohol consumption against 28-year-old Irish woman Tori Towey were dropped and a travel ban imposed had been lifted, after her case was raised in the Dáil. Taoiseach Simon Harris said this was a situation that "should never have happened". [71]
A wind gust provisionally measured at 183 km/h (114 mph) was recorded in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, which would surpass the country's record of 182 km/h set in 1945. A mean wind speed of 135 km/h (84 mph) was also measured, which would surpass Ireland's sustained wind record also set in 1945. (The Irish Times)
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8 March The report of a 20-year survey by The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland revealed that 56% of Ireland's native plant species are in decline due to habitat loss, altered grazing pressure, and degradation (re-seeding, over-fertilising, nitrogen deposition, herbicides, soil drainage, mineral enrichment), rather than rising temperatures whose botanical effects – so far – are minor.
The delivery service of pints was a novel innovation of the pandemic in Ireland. The Garda Síochána—upon taking legal advice—confirmed that there was no law against the service. [26] [27] On 1 May 2020, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced a roadmap to easing restrictions in Ireland that included five stages and was adopted by the government ...
Additional information was provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in its daily operations updates. [47] In February 2022 the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) launched their Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland Data Hub. [1] The Data Hub provided the latest data relating to cases, deaths and outbreaks in Ireland. [48]
Protests at several locations in Ireland started in early November 2022 after the development of sites in various parts of the country as temporary asylum seeker shelters by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), as it attempted to accommodate the influx of 65,000 refugees during 2022. [1]