Five arrested and weapons seized following violent disorder incident in Cork

Garda raids were mounted after an incident in Hollyhill when a gang of masked and hooded men armed with baseball bats and slash hooks chased two men into a busy shop

A screengrab from one of the videos showing a group of men attempting to attack a pair of men at SuperValu in Hollyhill on Monday. Picture: Twitter/X

Five men have been arrested and weapons have been seized during a series of coordinated Garda raids in Cork on Friday, following a violent disorder incident linked to a Traveller feud.

The five, who range in age from their late teens to 20s, are all being questioned at Garda stations in the southern region, with three charged and due to appear in Cork District Court on Friday afternoon.