Garda chief appeals to Travellers as feud escalation feared

Amid fears of an escalation of a Traveller feud in Kerry, the county’s most senior garda officer has warned that violent behaviour will not be tolerated.

Violence flared just before the funeral of a woman at Rath cemetery in Tralee earlier this week, as a result of which a man was taken to hospital with slash injuries to his back and head.

Eight members of the settled Traveller community were brought before the courts in the past few days.