A female garda was punched in the face, bitten, and spat at by a male assailant when she and a colleague were called to a house in Finglas, west Dublin. The female garda is in the force a year and a half and her male colleague is just out of Garda Training College. In a statement Garda HQ said both gardaí were “physically and verbally abused” and had to be taken to hospital for treatment. “During the course of the incident two gardaí, a male and a female, were physically and verbally assaulted. “Her male colleague is only a few weeks out of Templemore.

Source: Irish Examiner March 09, 2026 20:49 UTC