Terrified woman was escorted from home
Jeweller Hubert Jennings was stopped getting back into the town centre by officers, who had closed down a large part of the area.
The 66-year-old was trying to reach his wife in their home next door to The Square Bar.
“I’ve never seen the like of it, you wouldn’t see it in the wild west,” said Mr Jennings.
He said gardaí eventually rang his 63-year-old wife Jean inside the terraced house, flanked on either side by their shop and the pub, and ordered her to the front door.
“They met her at the door with their shields and brought her down the street,” he said.
“She was really frightened. She’s not too good today, she’s still frightened. She was terrified. She won’t talk about it.”
The couple spent the night with their daughter out of town and only heard what had happened when they returned to Bailieborough in the morning.
