Video footage of aftermath showed several destroyed cars and what appeared to be a number of machetes left on road nearby
Mr Harris said Monday’s violence was “abhorrent and utterly unacceptable, and will not be tolerated by An Garda Siochana”.Gardaí carrying submachine guns and automatic pistols assisted unarmed colleagues at checkpoints in Rathkeale during the day amid rising tensions between feuding Traveller families.
Locals say at least three separate groups are involved in the feud, which they fear could result in people being seriously injured or worse. Minister of State for Higher Education Niall Collins has called for exclusion orders to be imposed by the courts on people involved in the violence. “This has to be rooted out once and for all, and I am calling on the Minister for Justice to come to Rathkeale to walk the town with myself or other public representatives to see exactly what we need here on the ground,” he said.
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