A man has been arrested in connection with an aggravated burglary in Waterford overnight during which a man armed with a machete broke into a family home.

Gardai were called to the scene just before 2am this morning after being alerted by one of the residents.

There were three people in the house at the time including a teenage girl.

The man entered the house in Meadowbank, Baile Na Deise through a bathroom window.

The people in the house fled to the bedroom and secured the door. The suspect then tried to kick the bedroom door down and also slashed it with the machete.

The suspect was still at scene when the gardai arrived, but then fled through an upstairs bathroom window.

Gardai chased the man who, on numerous occasions, tried to assault them with the machete sword he was carrying.

Reporter with WLR FM Mary O'Neill has details.