We're just going to interrupt you. We're going to go straight to Dublin, where the police are holding a press conference.

Between the awful attack, which happened at 1:30 in the afternoon, and then the subsequent disorder, riot and looting in our city center, it's just disgraceful scenes from start to finish. Overall, we have 34 arrests, 32 of which will be appearing before the courts this morning. We have 13 shop shops which have been damaged, significantly damaged or have been subject to looting. We have 11 guard of vehicles, either to shop or very extensively damaged. We have three busses, probably four busses destroyed and a lost train destroyed, and also then the extensive damage as I've said out. Huge destruction from a riotist mob who were, in effect, responding at our crime scene to try and break into that crime scene and disrupt the crime scene at about half five, quarter to six. Then from there on, the violence escalated. Order was restored in about between half eight and nine o'clock as we deployed more resources. Thank you.

Questions, Paul? Commissioner, did you fail to people of Ireland? Did you fail to the country? There's three hours last night that you had spent. Some people would say longer and then you can't have it restored to the 11 o'clock last night. Did you fail to keep the people of Ireland but then protect the citizens from the city?

No, on Garda, Chikana, respond to this entirely and inin an extraordinary fashion. Members from across the country, not just here in DMR, responded, returned to duty. Public order units from all over Ireland responded here to Dublin. More and more resources were arriving throughout the evening, but we could not have anticipated that in response to a terrible crime, the stabbing of school children and their teacher, that this would be the response in effect. Loans filled with hate and the hate directed towards members of the Garda's economy, that they would attempt to storm through our cordon and disrupt the crime scene, and then engage in violence, looting, and disorder, and including some very significant criminal damage. Nobody could have anticipated that when these events started at 1:30, these awful events, and obviously, we were concentrated upon the investigation, we couldn't have anticipated that this would be the reaction.

But people would say, Why weren't you monitoring social media? The far-right groups, will you say, exacerbated the situation. Why didn't you move quickly when you saw the buildup of tensions both online and on the streets?

Well, the buildup of tensions, as you describe, on social media, we were monitoring those, and we were constantly then adding to our resources that were available in DMR North Central. That was an ongoing part of the operation, and we did respond. But it has to be said that the crowds of those, in first place, protested filled with hate, tested towards members of the Gardais economy were then supplemented with those who were the intent upon crime, disorder and the looting of premises. One can see this morning, particularly sports type shops were specifically targeted. Now, Gardi reacted quickly to that and were able to clamp down on that looting, but we responded as the events unfolded. But I don't think at 1:30, as the original events unfolded, or indeed later in the mid-afternoon, we could have anticipated such a disorder. Richard?

The GRA has said that this is a failure of training, it's a failure of resources, it's a failure of personality, but these are problems they have spoken about for a long time. They also say that's clear and they have it last night and we saw a shock in the scenes where individual and guard they were isolated and pursued and attacked.

Well, this is not a failure of personnel. All members of the Garda shikanda responded to this. Everyone stood up to the plate in terms of their response. I have to look to the tactics that we have for public order. We have not seen public order situation like this before. This may be behavior, which is apparent in other countries, but I think that we've seen an element of radicalisation. We have seen a group of people who take, I think, that we've seen an element of radicalisation. We have seen hateful assumptions and then conduct themselves in a way which is riotous and disruptive to oursociety, we then have to respond to that in terms of our tactics and training. But there's no failure here. There's no failure. This is regrettably how protests have moved on, and now we have to graduate and have a proportionate response to that.

We saw something similar a few weeks ago at the door.

Two months.

Ago, we saw public representatives harassed and threatened outside our national party.

Well, with respect, what happened last night was an entirely different response or scale to the events outside the door. And the door has now received a new police in response to the public order situations. Now we have adapted our tactics there, but we're going to have to have a fundamental review of our public order tactics given the amount of violence directed towards citizens, members of the Garda, Chicago, but also the community. Richard, sorry.

Can we.

Go to.

Richard there? Sorry. The tactics failed last night. On a column street, there was for a good period of an hour, people were running lawlessly. People were fleeing in panic on a column street as busses went up in flames. I mean, is this an admission that you've got things wrong?

Well, I'm not going to say things wrong. What we saw last night was an extraordinary outbreak of violence. And we have to then respond accordingly in terms of our graduated response to the policing of disorder. But these are scenes that we have not seen in decades. But what is clear, that people have been radicalized through social media over the Internet. And so you have a terrible event, and I don't want to lose focus on the terrible event in terms of the assault, dreadful assault on the school children and their teacher. I guess a full investigation that's ongoing. There's also a full investigation now in respect of the disorder. And we have literally thousands of hours now, CCTV to troll through. But many of these individuals, they are well known to us, they have criminal records, they've been in bother with us before, and we will go now through the long process of investigation and bringing them before.

The courts. We previously said this would be a graduated response that things would be, I mean, it was characterized in the media as being a soft, the approach to far-right demonstrations after what happened in Sandwich Street and ancient protest that centers being used for asylum seekers across the country. Certainly now it's time for a tougher approach because things as they progressed last night, there was a non-confrontation approach done by Gardi. Clearly, that just didn't work.. There was an on-contradictation approach done by Gardi. Clearly, that just didn't work.

Right from the outbreak of the abuse of Gardi followed down by disorder, there was very clear direction given in terms of what our response would be. Our response was in the first place, more resources and a position then that we could make arrest. Thirty-four arrests have been made, many more arrests will now follow. Individuals will be brought before the courts.

Are you concerned that there will be follow-up actions as a result of this? If these groups are organized online, they might try and follow up this season to the days ahead?

Well, that has to be a plan, an assumption. We have to make that assumption that following the events of last night that we're going to see further such protest. In which case then we'll have to put in place the police and response and look then to the equipment and tactics that we can have immediately available to us to respond. Okay, Peter. The tactics that we can have immediately available to us to respond. Okay, Peter.

Commissioner, how much more of a threat now do you feel that those, as you say, are driven by right-wing ideology, close to law and order? What will you be doing? What would the guard be doing to change and adapt to that from what we had seen last night? And just secondly, could you provide any updates just on the actual assault in terms of the condition of the girl has an arrest been made? Has an arrest to be made, and so on?

Well, in respect of the assault, investigation's ongoing. Very significant inquiries were being conducted last night, but I have to say it's disgraceful that our inquiries, obviously in the city center were prevented and disrupted by the disorder. I understand that the five-year-old girl is still in a very serious condition. Her teacher is also in a serious condition. No arrest has yet been made, but a suspect has been identified.

I'm sorry, just on the first part of that question, how much of a threat now does the far right in Ireland pose? Has that changed from what you saw last night? As you said yourself, historic levels of violence, looting, disorder, all sparked. I know you're going to say many of those were opportunistic participants and are looking to do with the original issue, but it was clearly sparked by those, as you said, driven by far-right ideology. How much has that.

Name changed? Well, I would say I have to take note on, in terms of our intelligence gallery investigation, now I have to... Well, we'll take notice of the change in attitude at the cordon point, the amount of abuse directed towards Gordish economy by significant numbers of those who were there. In effect, each our cordon, the breach of the according of the crime scene. That is a significant change. We'll have to adapt in terms of our policing response. That means then that our and in respect to public order and the equipment we have available for members of the Gardaise economy will have to adapt accordingly as well. One over and then one last one over here, please. Are you concerned about the potential spilling over again today? What effort are we put in place to keep the city safe today? And do you have any update on Alan Gardie that have been injured?

Any number from last night?

Well, regrettably, one member of the Garda ishikana, quite a serious injury. And we have to find out today how that member is and what the developments are in respect of that. We had numerous other members injured, and we're collating the detail. We had a lot of members injured by just in the right, in terms of things being thrown at them, projectiles being thrown at them, but also then sprains, etc, and also it was an exhausting night in terms of just fast-moving situation, and in effect, those engaged in riot moving through the city center. Of course, I have concerns for the day. We have a planning meeting at nine o'clock. We prepare for today and then the rest of the weekend. We need to put in place a significant mobilization of the organization, but I also have to see immediately then what other tactics are available to me to deal with public order. Okay, last question down here. Sorry.

Last question down here, sorry. Sorry, just in regards to advice to the public, they obviously very busy with their thing. Should we avoid parts of government to be centralized, especially as it is of a lead? And just secondly, last night you were not in a position to rule out a terror. Is that still your position in regards to the initial attack?

In regard to the initial attack, I'm not going to comment in respect to the motive, because that is still not clear. The investigation is obviously focused upon what the motive for this incident was in the first place. That is not yet clear. And so I'm not engaged in speculation in respect of that. In respect of the city center, people will see a very heavy guard of presence throughout the city today. I would encourage them to come to their work and come and use the city. We can have the city to be given over to the thugs, to the looters, and to the arsonists. Okay, thank you very much, everybody.

Can you not take a moment?

That was Drew Harish, the police commissioner speaking there in Dublin about what happened overnight, the riots there. He talked about how 34 people have been arrested and extensive damage that there was huge destruction. He talked about by 11 police vehicles damaged, four busses destroyed, also a train, and 13 shops were looted or damaged. He also talked about how groups of people had tried to break into the crime scene. Then after that, the violence escalated. The crime scene obviously referring to that attack outside a school in Dublin yesterday afternoon, in which three children were stabbed and their teacher. He said that one five-year-old girl is still in a serious condition in hospital, and also the teacher as well is also still in a serious condition. He said that a suspect had been identified, but no arrest made in relation to that attack. He was also asked a lot about the police response and whether they responded quickly enough and asked, Why weren't you monitoring social media... I know we had some of the far-right groups that were active on social media last night? And he said that we could not have anticipated these events following on from that attack outside a school.

And he also talked about how they're going through thousands of hours of CCTV footage, and he expected that more arrests will follow. That's the latest here on what happened overnight in Dublin. We'll be back with Anna Foster.