Garda concern after dangerous weapons seized from groups of street-fighting suburban youths

GARDAÍ seized a cache of dangerous weapons from a group of youths following a pitched early morning battle on the streets of a Dublin suburb.

Gardaí moved in to separate up to 20 youths, split into two groups, involved in the street fight at around 2am on Saturday in Blanchardstown, west Dublin.

Officers seized golf clubs, sticks and machetes from the youths. One youth, in the late teens, was treated for a minor stab wound in James Connolly Memorial Hospital.