A garda accused of assaulting a protester at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ march in Dublin has claimed in evidence that he was justified in striking the man three times in the "upper body" but denied he ever hit him in the head.

A man who claims a garda him assaulted at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ march in Dublin has identified himself on video footage of the event being struck three times by a garda with a baton.

A witness in the trial of a garda accused of assaulting a protester at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ march in Dublin has claimed that the battery of his video camera was ripped out by a garda.

A member of An Garda Síochana has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with assault causing harm to a protestor at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ march on Dame Street.