Armed garda standoff as crowd kicks in door and smashes windows

A standoff between an angry crowd and armed gardaí in Waterford City over the weekend resulted in one arrest after a front door of a house was kicked in and windows smashed.

On Saturday, Sgt James Twomey said: “The story is, there is a group that believes the people living in that house are carrying out criminal activity... We are investigating.”

More than 200 people, including onlookers and protesters gathered at Railway Square in the city after 5pm on Saturday, when a rally over public order issues turned ugly.