Altercation involving several people in estate in Offaly dispersed with pepper spray
Published 24th Jan 2026, 12:33 GMT
Melee in estate in Offaly on New Year's Day was dispersed with pepper spray
An altercation in Offaly involving several people had to be dispersed using pepper spray, on New Year's Day.
At 4.30am a Garda car was on mobile patrol when it pulled into a housing estate in Birr.
There they saw several people in the open air involved in a physical altercation.
“Pepper spray had to be deployed to break up the melee,” a spokesperson said, “and everybody was sent home."
Gardai say the matter is being investigated.