Gardaí say incident in Letterkenny brought to peaceful resolution

Gardaí have confirmed that an incident in Letterkenny, which saw garda negotiators attending the scene, has been brought to a peaceful resolution.

A man had barricaded himself into a room in a house in the town.

It came after gardai were requested this afternoon to assist a state agency in the execution of a Court Order at the residence.

A garda statement added: “An Garda Síochána initiated its Operational Command protocol. An On-Scene Commander was appointed and local Garda negotiators attached to the National Negotiators Unit attended the scene with assistance from a number of other Garda Units.

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“Shortly before 7pm this evening, as a result of negotiations, the incident was brought to a peaceful resolution.

“An Garda Síochána will be making no further comment.”