
Westmeath gardaí launch probe as arsenal of weapons found at burial grounds ahead of Cemetery Sunday
Gardaí believe they prevented a potentially violent incident breaking out between warring factions in a midlands town at the weekend after detectives seized a cache of weapons inside the grounds of a local graveyard just hours ahead of the hosting of Cemetery Sunday.
Machetes, together with an array of other items, which detectives believe had been deliberately hidden inside the grounds of Athlone's Coosan Cemetery, were discovered by gardaí during a planned sweep of the town's burial grounds on Friday evening.
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