Up to 20 Travellers are to appear in court this morning following their arrests in Co Wexford over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The Travellers, who are part of a group who set up camp near the Riverbank House Hotel in Ferrybank outside Wexford town a week ago, were arrested by gardaí following disturbances on Saturday night.
Those arrested are in their late teens and early twenties, with addresses in Northern Ireland and Britain. They are due to appear at New Ross District Court this morning on public order and criminal damage charges.
The first of the disturbances occurred in Taghmon, six miles from Wexford town, on Saturday night. A row reportedly broke out outside a local pub between a dozen Travellers and locals, including settled members of the Travelling community.
A number of men were also arrested in incidents at a pub in Killinick, near Rosslare, at Trinity Street in Wexford town and outside Wexford General Hospital.