An off duty garda has been found guilty of assaulting two women in Co Tipperary last year.

34-year old Brian Hanrahan, from Newcastle West, Co Limerick, denied that he had punched two women in a row over a lift near Nenagh on March 6th 2016.

He denied the charges saying he was acting in self defence after one of the women attacked him .

He's been found guilty of two charges of assault at Nenagh District Court.