Shop looted in Dublin riots is robbed for the third time
The Asics shop on O'Connell Street was targeted by raiders at around 3.30 am yesterday. It is as yet unknown how much was taken from the store.
Store owners and staff were seen trying to continue trading despite significant damage done to the front of the property as well as inside. Dublin Riots 2023. Pic: Stephen Collins/Collins Dublin
Owner Paul Gallagher has been outspoken about the problems facing shop owners in the city.
In the aftermath of the riots in 2023, he said: 'The gardaí are doing a lot but they must find it very frustrating, because they are arresting them, they know who they are, they are bringing them before the courts and the courts are leaving them go.
'There are no consequences for shoplifting, it's soft touch,' Mr Gallagher said. The Asics store on O'Connell Street was looted during the Dublin riots in 2023. Pic Stephen Collins/ Collins Photos
On the effects the riots had on trade, he said: 'I'm very conscious of how scared people are. We have people all over this beautiful and still wonderful city who are waking up today, they're traumatised and they're scared.
'We are now dealing with something that is very different. We're dealing with thuggery on a scale that has truly shocked us all. We are also dealing with the incitement to that thuggery.'
Gardaí have yet to make any arrests in the latest incident, but believe they are dealing with an organised group of teenagers.
A Garda statement said: 'Gardaí received a report of an incident of burglary that occurred at approximately 3.30 am, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at a retail premises on O'Connell Street, Dublin 1. Investigations are ongoing.'
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