{"id":287235,"date":"2026-02-08T11:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287235\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T11:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:59:08","slug":"armed-gardai-deployed-to-arrest-axe-wielding-man-roaming-wexford-beauty-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287235\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed garda\u00ed deployed to arrest axe-wielding man roaming Wexford beauty spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Garda Armed Support Unit (ASU). Stock image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6312808a-4993-4412-83c3-f30a3181f39b.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The Garda Armed Support Unit (ASU). Stock image<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed from the Armed Support Unit were required following an incident of a man who had caused panic at a peaceful Wexford beauty spot on Saturday evening, wandering around armed with an axe and causing damage to four cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed in Wexford received panicked calls from members of the public enjoying a weekend stroll at Forth Mountain shortly after 4 p.m., informing them of a man carrying an axe in a very aggressive state in the car park of the secluded wooded walking trails.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Having fled from the scene, some members of the public flagged other motorists down on the approach road to the Carrigfoyle car park, warning them that \u201cthere\u2019s a man going around with an axe up there breaking up cars\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed attached to Wexford Garda Station immediately rushed to the scene on the mountain and were quickly joined by their colleagues from the Armed Support Unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Eventually, following a search of the area, a man aged in his 50s was arrested at a residential property in nearby Taghmon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A garda spokesperson stated that \u201ca less-than-lethal force option was deployed\u201d during the course of the arrest and the man was \u201cdetained at a Garda station in the Easter Region under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act of 1984.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Garda Armed Support Unit (ASU). 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