Mediation at Cork Traveller site eases tensions

Mediation has helped ease tensions on a halting site as gardaí confirmed that no shots were fired during clashes earlier this week.

Members of the armed Regional Support Unit were deployed to the Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane, on the northside of Cork, on Monday after reports that shots had been fired.

The alarm was raised as members of two extended family groups clashed after the outcome of a court case in Cork that morning.