A Garda shot twice in an attempted murder in the US last year was one of 20 gardaí deployed to help break up a massive brawl involving up to 30 “feuding” members of the Travelling community on Thursday night.

A man wanted for the attempted murder of a garda in New Orleans has a long arrest record, most recently spending time in prison for beating up a boy and his mother.

A Corkman who had videos on his computer of children being raped, was caught when he reported his car stolen to gardaí.