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Two people arrested in investigation into assault, dangerous driving and criminal damage

Footage shared widely on social media shows a number of incidents occurring. These include people fighting and car being attacked.

TWO PEOPLE HAVE been arrested by gardaí investigating a number of instances of assault, dangerous driving and criminal damage that occurred on Main Street in Ballymore Eustace on Wednesday evening.

Gardaí arrested a male (aged in his 20s) and a female juvenile (aged in her teens) today. They are both detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a Garda station in County Kildare. 

The incidents occurred at about 8.45pm. During the incidents there was damage to a number of vehicles as well as damage to a building. Three people were assaulted, two men and one woman all aged in their 50s. 

Footage shared widely on social media shows a number of incidents occurring. These include people fighting and car being attacked.

A Garda spokesperson said investigations are ongoing. 

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