A 15-year-old boy was today charged along with his father and uncle over an outbreak of violence linked to a Traveller family feud which has seen “tit for tat” attacks, homes vandalised, a stabbing and a shooting.

A convicted criminal who is serving a six years prison sentence for threatening the life of a member of a rival group who was later shot dead in a gangland killing, has been sentenced to eight years for threatening a garda.