Accused was trying to broker peace deal, court hears

The accused in a triple attempted murder trial told gardaí he was trying to broker a peace deal between two Traveller families feuding over a damaged caravan, a court has heard.

In a statement to gardaí following a shooting at St Dominic’s Park, Belcamp Lane, Coolock, Patrick ‘Curly’ McDonagh said his family had been feuding with the Gavin family who lived at the St Dominic’s halting site.