Duo had machetes and wore bullet-proof vests at funeral

A court has heard that two cousins turned up to a funeral armed with machetes and wearing bullet-proof vests.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Carroll Moran imposed three-year suspended jail terms on Peter McDonagh, aged 20, of Nash’s Boreen, Knocknaheeny, Cork, and on Bernie McDonagh, aged 28, of Brocklesby St, Blackpool, Cork for the illegal possession of weapon offences on Mar 25, 2012.

Judge Moran also banned the two from entering Co Clare.