A fundraiser has been launched to help businesses that were damaged during riots in Dublin on Thursday evening.

Violence broke out on the streets of the capital following a stabbing incident on Parnell Square earlier that day which saw five people injured, including three children. A number of garda cars were damaged during the ugly scenes while a bus and a Luas tram were also set alight.

Several shops were looted while 13 stores suffered significant damage during the unrest. Rathmines Glass has offered to fix the windows of stores at cost price and Temple Bar-based business Alternative Dublin has launched a fundraiser to help pay for the repairs.

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They wrote on the GoFundMe page: "On Thursday night, rioting and looting took place across Dublin city centre. The aftermath has left many small businesses with broken and smashed windows.

"This fundraiser is to help those businesses get their shop windows fixed. Rathmines Glass, a family-run business, has offered to fix the windows at cost price for all businesses affected by the riots.

"The generous act has caused us to setup this fundraiser to help support these places that were damaged during the riots. Many of the places cannot afford to replace their windows. The funds will be sent directly to Rathmines Glass to cover the costs of the glass."

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has estimated repair works following the riots will cost in the tens of millions. Speaking on Friday, he said: “I’ll be talking to business groups this afternoon and, of course, there will be government help available to help them with the cost of repairing the damage… but we just have to work out the details of that.”

Two of the three children injured in the stabbing incident have since been released from hospital. Another five-year-old girl remains in a critical condition in Temple Street hospital while a woman in her 30s and a man in his 40s remain in serious but stable condition in hospital.

Gardai said: "The girl, aged 5, remains in a critical condition in CHI Temple Street. The adult female, aged in her 30s, is in a serious but stable condition in The Mater Hospital."

"The adult male, aged in his late 40s, is in a serious but stable condition in a hospital in the Dublin Region. All other persons have been discharged from hospital and returned to the care of their families."

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