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Andrew Walsh, 14 Jun
GardaĆ have arrested two people as part in relation to incidents of
dangerous driving, criminal damage and assault that occurred on Main
Street in Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare on Wednesday evening.
A number of vehicles were damaged during the course of the incident as
well as external damage to a building, which happened at approximately
8.45pm.
Two males and one female were assaulted. Their injuries are understood
to be non-life threatening.
GardaĆ arrested a male (aged in his 20s) and a female juvenile (aged in
her teens) today (Friday). They are both currently detained at a Garda
station in County Kildare.
Videos have circulated online of the couple smashing up a car, with one
video showing the couple in the main square hitting a silver car with
weapons which appears to have its back window smashed.
In footage posted online, an adult can be told telling a frightened
child to "Close your eyes, close your eyes.ā "Iām not looking, are
you?ā the scared juvenile replies.
A second video taken from a different angle shows a man approaching the
silver car which appears to be stopped in front of a second car in the
middle of the village.
A man then emerges from it, armed with an implement and appears to
confront the approaching man along with the woman.
Many replies to the video regarded the incident as "shocking", while
one regarded that it was "terrible to see them smash up the place".
GardaĆ confirmed in a statement that investigations are ongoing.