Gardaí seize weapons after riot between Traveller families

PICK-AXES, slash hooks, hammers, golf clubs and rocks were recovered after a riot between 50 Travellers in Co Limerick early yesterday morning.

Garda reinforcements had to be called in when members of two Traveller families began fighting in Kilmallock.

A number of people were treated in the Limerick Regional Hospital following the major disturbance on a housing estate in the town.