One of the accused in a triple attempted murder trial was trying to broker a peace deal between two Traveller families who were feuding over a damaged caravan, a court has heard today.

The victim of a drive-by shooting in a travellers halting site called the Gardaí and told his wife and children to stay down in their caravan moments before a car drove into the park opening fire, a court has heard.

Traveller families at the centre of an attempted murder trial were fighting over a damaged caravan a court has heard.

Brothers who allegedly fired a sawn off shot gun at a family of Travellers at St Dominic’s Park on January 1, 2005 intended to kill them a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard this morning.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the attempted murder trial of brothers Martin and Patrick McDonagh.