Waterford feud a 12,000-hour drain on gardaí

GARDAÍ have worked more than 12,000 hours of overtime in the past two months to deal with a violent feud in Waterford city.

The feud centres around three families from the Traveller community and has involved arson attacks and shootings.

Senior officers in the city said while the violence involved just a small number of Travellers, it was having a serious impact on Garda manpower.