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Violence as Mullingar feud escalates
Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:32
A total of six people are now in custody after a family feud escalated into serious violence in Co Westmeath.
Initial clashes which broke out on a housing estate in Mullingar spread to Midland Regional Hospital later in the afternoon.
Two people had earlier been arrested on the Dalton Park estate after the row broke out between two families.
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Locals reported that more than 30 people were throwing stones and other missiles in the centre of the estate.
The dispute began at around 12pm and gardaí said it may have been triggered by what they described as a 'king of the tinkers-style' fist fight.
Residents in the area say a major dispute has been underway between two feuding families for several months but only escalated into serious violence today.
More than 20 gardaí attended the scene to restore calm and locals say up to 100 people were involved in what they described as a full-blown riot. One house was badly damaged.
There were then further altercations between the same families this afternoon at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:32
A total of six people are now in custody after a family feud escalated into serious violence in Co Westmeath.
Initial clashes which broke out on a housing estate in Mullingar spread to Midland Regional Hospital later in the afternoon.
Two people had earlier been arrested on the Dalton Park estate after the row broke out between two families.
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Locals reported that more than 30 people were throwing stones and other missiles in the centre of the estate.
The dispute began at around 12pm and gardaí said it may have been triggered by what they described as a 'king of the tinkers-style' fist fight.
Residents in the area say a major dispute has been underway between two feuding families for several months but only escalated into serious violence today.
More than 20 gardaí attended the scene to restore calm and locals say up to 100 people were involved in what they described as a full-blown riot. One house was badly damaged.
There were then further altercations between the same families this afternoon at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar.

