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Man still detained after incident at Kilconnell house
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A man is in Garda custody this morning after he barricaded himself into his house in Ballinderry, Killconnell overnight.
Gardaí, the regional support unit and hostage negotiators stood down from the scene shortly after 4 o’ clock this morning.
Gardaí were called to a dispute at the house in Ballinderry at around 8 o’ clock last night.
A man had barricaded himself into his house, but there was no one else in the house at the time of the incident.
Gardaí sealed off the area and an operation was put in place involving the regional support unit and hostage negotiators.
One unit of the Galway fire services also attended the scene.
The operation was stood down at 4.15 am and the man was arested.
He is being detained at Ballinasloe Garda station under section 4 of the criminal justice act.
No one was injured and Gardaí have confirmed they are not seeking anyone else in connection with the incident.