Violence broke out in Dublin this afternoon following republican protests over the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Ireland.
Gardaí said 21 arrests were made for alleged public order offences.
About 100 people attacked gardaí at the junction of Dorset Street, Eccles Street and Hardwicke Street with rocks and bricks. A number of fires were lit, and there were running battles with gardaí.
Protesters from Republican Sinn Féin and the 32 County Sovereignty Movement originally held a demonstration at North Frederick Street, adjacent to the Garden of Remembrance before the gardaí began pushing them back towards the Dorset Street junction.
They were joined by onlookers who began burning bags of rubbish and taking bricks from building sites close by to throw at uniformed gardaí and members of the riot squad.
The junction, which was originally open to traffic, was closed. A number of cars and coaches were caught up in the clashes.
Earlier, a crowd of around 30 supporters of the socialist republican group Éirigí gathered at the Spire on O’Connell Street to stage a protest. They sat in the northbound carriageway of O'Connell Street and chanted slogans and beat bodhrans while some of the protesters set fire to a union flag.
They were surrounded by gardaí, who prevented others from joining the protest.
Soon afterwards, a crowd of about 100 people approached the Spire from Henry Street, to be met by ranks of uniformed gardaí, who forced them back using crowd control barriers.
They retreated down Henry Street where they were joined by the group from the Spire and the crowd moved to Moore Street for a rally. The crowd was addressed by speakers from Éirígí before making its way up Moore Street towards Parnell Street.
About 200 people staged a sit-down protest at the junction of Parnell Street and Parnell Square. A Garda spokesman said a number of people were arrested for public order offences and were taken to Store Street Garda station.
Seperately, Sinn Féin released hundreds of black balloons into the air as the Queen laid a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance this afternoon.
