Rathkeale is on a “knife-edge” of fear that a Traveller gang will “bring the town to its knees” after weapons were seized, a Garda was seriously injured in a ramming, a local politician was threatened and shots were reportedly fired at a car in the town.
The Garda Armed Support Unit (ASU) has been patrolling the town and involved in a number of search operations as Gardai try to keep a lid on rising tensions after a violent Traveller gang came to the town.
A gang claimed to have attempted to extort land and property from locals, are causing “havoc”, said local sources.
