The 19-year-old from Finglas pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment at O'Connell Street on 25 February 2006.

It is understood that he was identified by CCTV footage taken on O'Connell Street.

The man appeared at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 23 January where he admitted the offence. He will be sentenced in May and is also facing a further charge of violent disorder from the same day.

A female garda from the Public Order Unit was covered in flames when a petrol bomb was thrown from the crowd while she was attempting to bring the rioters under control. Her colleagues quickly extinguished the flames and she was not badly injured.

A number of petrol bombs were thrown at gardaí on the day of the riot.

Figures obtained by the Sunday Tribune reveal that 55 people have now been charged in connection with the riot, which occurred in protest at an 800-strong march by loyalists commemorating the victims of republican violence.

The march, which was planned in cooperation with gardaí, was due to follow a route from Parnell Square to Leinster House but had to be abandoned after a crowd of about 300 demonstrators gathered at the top of O'Connell Street and began attacking gardaí.

The Love Ulster marchers were quickly loaded onto coaches and driven away, but the rioters continued to attack gardaí, pelting them with bricks, stones and other missiles. The fact that major refurbishment work was taking place on O'Connell Street, making concrete and other missiles available to rioters, did not help the situation.

In total, 99 people have been arrested as part of a massive garda investigation. Fifty-five people have been charged with offences ranging from public order incidents to obstruction; 25 of those charged have received summonses, 15 have been dealt with in the juvenile courts and two adults have been formally cautioned.

Gardaí are still looking for 10 people; they have CCTV footage of their involvement but either have not yet identified them or been able to arrest them.