AN INVESTIGATION is ongoing into an alleged violent confrontation which saw a number of GardaĆ on the receiving end of glass bottles and a bicycle being thrown at them.
The incident took place on Sunday, July 30, in the Crecora Avenue area of Limerick City.
Footage of the incident circulating online shows a number of young men, some hooded, accosting a Garda Armed Support Unit car, as well as throwing a glass bottle and hurling abuse at Garda members.
At one point in the footage, a young man can be heard shouting āf–king scumbagsā at responding GardaĆ.
Footage also shows a member of the Armed Support Unit spraying a hooded young man, who had been approaching him wheeling a bicycle, with what appears to be pepper spray.
Local sources claim the violent outburst occurred when GardaĆ were making attempts to remove a āsmall horse truckā from the area.
A separate clip also shows a young man throwing what appears to be a bicycle at another Garda vehicle as it exits the Ballinacurra Weston estate.
A statement from An Garda SĆochĆ”na said that the service ādoes not comment on third party materialā, but confirmed investigations are ongoing into āpublic order incidents which occurred in the Crecora Avenue area of Limerick City on Sunday, 30th of July 2023ā.
āThere are no arrests at this time,ā the statement confirmed.