Fashion retail giant Mango has secured the green light for a new flagship store on Dublin’s Grafton Street

Some 19 arrests were made across the day and Garda public order units deployed as Irish flag-waving protesters objecting to Government immigration policies staged the sit-down demonstration on O’Connell Bridge.

The operator of the store had claimed it slease was partially frustrated as a result of having to close due to the pandemic lockdowns

Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard led the festivities with a tribute to the late Shane MacGowan