A search is underway around Waterford city for a man who broke into a house armed with a large machete.
Gardai were quickly called to the scene just before 2 o’clock this morning after being alerted by one of the residents.
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There were three people in the house at the time including a teenage girl.
They all fled to a bedroom and locked themselves inside, but the intruder tried to break down the door with the machete.