Gardai stoned as gun is seized during angry scenes in Moyross

Gardai stoned as gun is seized during angry scenes in Moyross

Gardai were stoned by an agry mob as they carried out a search of a house in Moyross over the weekend.

A handgun and ammunition were recovered during the planned search of five house in the Northside estate ar around 4.30pm on Saturday.

According to gardai an angry crowd of over 100 people gathered on a green area outside one of the houses and pelted them with stones and missiles. A Garda patrol car was damaged during the attack. However there were no serious injuries.

It was understood that the house raids were part of a Garda operation targeting feuding in the city.

A 32-year-old woman was arrested and questioned in connection with the weapons find under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.

She was later released without charge from Henry Street Garda station and a file is now being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecution. A second woman in her thirties was arrested for criminal damage and public order offences. She was charged and later released on bail.

Further arrests are expected to be made in connection with the incident.”This planned search of five premises in Moyross was part of our fight against feuding in the city. And as a result of this search a gun and ammunition have been taken off the streets,” said a Garda spokesman.

“During the course of the searches in the Northside a hostile group of people gathered on a green area and threw missiles at the gardai. A vehicle was damaged during the incident. Investigations into this incident are still ongoing and further arrests may be made.”

Nurses’ strike causes cancellation of operations in city

A strike by 60 theatre nurses at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Dooradoyle has caused the cancellation of about 30 operations.

All patients affected are believed to have been contacted already. An emergency service will be provided in one theatre during the strike.

This action is due to be repeated on this Friday.

The Mid-Western Health Board said that the strike action by the theatre nurses who are members of the INO and SIPTU will have serious implications for patient care.

“The action will have significant effect on patients some of whom had operations cancelled previously because of the work to rule and pressure on beds,” said a spokesman.

“This stoppage is a national issue which can only be settled at national level between the unions and the Health Services Employers Agency,” he added.

The operations that have been cancelled cover a range of procedures from general surgery, gynaecology, ENT, orthopaedics and ophthalmology. Nurses have been on a work to rule procedure since last October.