A 61-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the arson of a Luas tram during last November’s “unprecedented” riots in Dublin’s city centre. John Tate, with an address at The Iveagh Trust, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, appeared at a late sitting of Dublin District Court on Tuesday evening, after he was charged with six offences in Store Street Garda station: two of violent disorder, two of obstructing traffic, and two of arson.
The offences are alleged to have occurred over the course of several hours on November 23rd, 2023, while an “unprecedented” act of “public disorder” was taking place in Dublin city centre, Detective Sergeant Eoghan Byrne told the court. Det Sgt Byrne described the events of November 23rd as “a series of criminal acts that quickly escalated into a mass riot”