Garda: Gangs were out for blood

Two gangs were out for blood on bonfire night in Cork and some armed themselves with knives, sticks, meat cleavers, knuckledusters, and bottles.

Garda John O’Connell said the gangs took no heed of him and his colleague when they first arrived on the scene. “Bottles were thrown over our heads.”

He said that with the variety of weaponry found at the scene after several garda units had restored order, it was clear that both sides had been out for blood.