Cork gardaí on high alert after chainsaw threat made by feuding families

The stunts are among a string of threatening posts linked to members of the feuding families following a violent disorder incident in Hollyhill on Monday afternoon

The man was a front-seat passenger and held the chainsaw as the car drove past the Bridewell Garda Station just hours after a Traveller feud saw violence spill onto the streets of the city’s northside File picture: Denis Minihane

Gardaí are liaising with Traveller representatives and monitoring social media posts after a man linked to feuding families brandished a chainsaw in a drive-by of a garda station before later threatening: “Limbs is coming off”.

It comes as a gang armed with bats attacked a house in Carrigaline on Tuesday night, smashing windows, screaming at a man inside to come out, before throwing a petrol bomb at the front of the building as they left in an incident believed to be linked to the same feud.