Man who started fire on Luas during Dublin riots to be sentenced in October
A man who started a fire on a Luas during the Dublin riots has been remanded in custody pending sentence next October.
Evan Moore (20) of Grangemore Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to rioting, damaging a Luas by fire and damaging the windows of a Luas tram on November 23rd, 2025. Moore was spotted by gardaí at another anti-immigration protest the following May and admitted immediately that he had been at the Dublin riots.
The riot broke out after a five-year-old girl was severely wounded in a stabbing at Parnell Square earlier that day, where two other children and a crèche worker were also injured
The court heard that the Luas service was suspended for 24 hours and the damage to the tram was estimated at just under €5 million after seats and wiring was damaged.
The estimated cost of the clean up by council workers in the days after the riot was €159,000 and €115,000 worth of damaged had been caused to property in...
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