Petrol bomb attack on Drogheda house investigated

A petrol bomb was thrown through a window into the front room of a house in Drogheda overnight, gardaí say.

The house targeted is at Laurences Park, near the Moneymore estate, the centre of a series of disturbances in recent months connected to an ongoing feud between criminals based in Meath and Louth.

Investigating gardaí said the incident at 12.15am involved a suspected petrol bomb being thrown into the front room of a house which was occupied at the time.

No occupants were injured in the attack.

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There was some damage cause to the sitting room.

Two men believed to have been involved were seen fleeing the scene on foot.

One was thought to be wearing a black hooded top and the other was wearing a grey hooded top at the time.

A Garda spokesman said: “Our investigations are ongoing.”

A feud involving two organised crime gangs has led to a sharp increase in violence in Drogheda in recent months, particularly around the Moneymore estate area.

There have been a number of arson attacks, a pipe-bomb attack and an abduction in which a young man was beaten and stabbed.

Gardaí say it is too early in their investigations to link the latest attack with the feud.