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Nearly 300 Gardai Assaulted

Nearly 300 gardaí have been assaulted on duty over the past 18 months. Fifty-one officers in Dublin...
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9:00 AM - 29 Jun 2019



Nearly 300 Gardai Assaulted

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Nearly 300 Gardai Assaulted

TodayFM
TodayFM

9:00 AM - 29 Jun 2019



Nearly 300 gardaí have been assaulted on duty over the past 18 months.

Fifty-one officers in Dublin have been attacked.

Details released under the Freedom of Information Act show 217 gardaí were injured as a result of assaults last year.

Two officers received 'serious multiple injuries', while one Garda got an internal head injury.

Eighteen officers got closed fractures or open wounds.

A further 81 Gardaí were assaulted in the first five months of this year.

Forty-five got bruises, grazes or bites, but one Garda received 'serious multiple injuries'.

Philip McAnenly, the deputy general secretary of the Garda Representative Association, says many more assaults go unreported.

An Garda Síochána says every support and medical assistance is provided to officers when they are assaulted.

 

 

 

 



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