Armed gardaí are patrolling the town to try to keep a lid on tensions which boiled over last Monday
A Limerick clan from the settled community are also being monitored on suspicion of attempting to extort property and land from settled Travellers in the town.Last October a garda was injured in a ramming incident and gardaí were investigating reports of shots being fired at a car in the town.
“People are keeping their counsel to themselves, it’s a delicate situation, and if you say something it could be misunderstood.” Stephen Keary, a Fine Gael local councillor for the area, told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland programme that the situation at present in the town is “not acceptable in a civilised society”.
Bernard Joyce, the director of the Irish Traveller Movement also appearing on the programme, encouraged anyone with information to contact An Gárda Siochána, adding that “the desired outcome is to enhance community policing, work across communities to prevent incidents like this from materialising in the future [and] to de-escalate issues that can materialise”.
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