Eight charged after housing estate riot

EIGHT people were brought to court on assault and public order charges last night in Westmeath after a riot involving up to 200 people at a local housing estate.

Two petrol bombs were thrown and a Garda car was damaged during the disturbance which broke out at Dalton Park, Mullingar, at about noon, gardaí said.

Another incident occurred when a number of injured people were taken to hospital.