Youths charge at gardaí with slash hooks during feud

Youths armed with slash-hooks and machetes were among a group of 100 people gathered at a housing estate in Cork during a violent feud in the early hours of yesterday morning, as bottles and stones were thrown at gardaí.

Garda Paul Cogan at Cork District Court yesterday said the incident, which arose out of a feud between two families, lasted for more than three hours between 10pm on Wednesday and 1.20am yesterday.

“This was a serious public order incident with upwards of 100 people gathered at Annalee Grove in Mayfield. A number of youths were armed with machetes and slash-hooks,” said the garda.