This article is from page 12 of the 2005-08-30 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 12 JPG
A GARDA was kicked in the face and a man was bitten on the ear, in a incident out- side a nightclub in Ballina, Killaloe, in the early hours of Sunday. A melee broke out at around 2am in what has been described as “a highly volatile situation.”
Two men – aged 19 and 26 – were arrested, before being released without charge. One was a local and the other from Limerick.
It’s believed that the incident was started after a bottle was thrown down a stairs and a crowd gathered. The man who received the ear injury was taken to hospital where he was detained overnight.
“Things could have been far worse if gardai were not there when the incident oc- curred. A large crowd had gathered and one incident led to another. Two people broke away from the group and one person was assaulted,” said a Garda spokesman.