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Thu 04 Apr 2003Violent scenes outside DailThere were violent scenes outside the Dáil last night as members of the Garda Riot Squad charged several hundred anti-war protesters. A huge Garda presence surrounded Irish Anti-War Movement protesters shortly after 7.30 p.m. and blocked off Kildare Street to traffic.Up to 60 uniformed gardaí and Public Order Unit officers, four mounted gardaí and a Garda helicopter bore down upon the protesters as they tried to block the entrance to Leinster House.