St Patrick’s Day pub brawl ‘could cost taxpayer €200k’

A garda inspector described the scene of an altercation between two Traveller groups at a pub in Co Westmeath on St Patrick’s Day as mayhem.

Insp Jarlath Folan was speaking at Mullingar District Court where 14 men faced a charge of violent disorder arising from the incident at The Stillery pub on Dominick St, Mullingar, on March 17 last.

He said gardaí were called to the pub where members of the Nevin and Joyce family had clashed at around 9.50pm.