3 injured and five detained after Ennis ramming incident

Three people including a garda have been hospitalised after a violent incident in Ennis during which a patrol car was rammed.

Five others were arrested and are being held at Ennis Garda Station .

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This incident happened at around 6.30 last night at the Maid of Erin Roundabout in Clare’s County Town.

Its understood that one vehicle, containing members of the travelling community followed a van and then rammed it and then ploughed into a garda patrol car that came upon the scene.

The car then allegedly circled the roundabout a number of times colliding with several other vehicles.

In total three people including a member of the gardaí  were injured and all were taken to Limerick Regional hospital for treatment.

The scene was then sealed off from the Maid of Eirn Roundabout to Club Bridge for a forensic examination.

During a follow up operation, five people , three men and two women were arrested and are being held for road traffic and public order offences- a number of weapons including a hatchet were also seized.