2004 Dublin May Day protests
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On 1 May 2004 there was a physical confrontation in the Dublin suburb of Ashtown between riot police and alter-globalisation activists.[1][2][3] On that day there was a summit of EU leaders taking place at Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park.[1] Protestors affiliated with the Dublin Grassroots Network and other left-wing groups attempted to march to Farmleigh but were blocked by Gardaí at the Ashtown roundabout.[1][4] A small number of protestors broke off from the main group and clashed with Gardaí at the roundabout.[4][5] The Gardaí used water cannons against the protestors, eventually dispersing them.[2] This was the first time that police had used water cannons in the Republic of Ireland.[2]