Prison sentences were imposed on three Travellers yesterday after disturbances in Co Wexford over the June Bank Holiday weekend.
Those charged were aged between 17 and 24 and were part of a contingent of 400 Travellers who had been encamped on a site adjoining the Riverbank House Hotel in Ferrybank, outside Wexford town, for almost a week.
John Flynn (24), Roches Road, Rathkeale, Co Limerick, received a two-month sentence. He was charged with being drunk and a danger to himself and others and failing to comply with the direction of a garda outside Wexford General Hospital on June 7th. He was further fined €400 for failing to appear at New Ross District Court.
Patrick Kealy (23), Pastlands, Monasterevin, Co Kildare, received a three-month sentence.
He was before the court on charges of being drunk and a danger to himself and others, engaging in threatening or abusive behaviour and failing to comply with the direction of a garda on the same date.
Jeremiah Quilligan (20), Farmhill, Rathkeale, Co Limerick, received a two-month sentence. He was charged with being drunk, a danger to himself and others and engaging in threatening or abusive behaviour.