A garda with a “string of commendations”, who was convicted of assaulting two women in a row about a lift in a car, has been given a six-month suspended sentence.

A garda convicted of assaulting two women in a row over a lift in a car has been given a six-month suspended sentence.

A garda is denying allegations that he punched two women in the face in the early hours of the morning after an argument developed during a drive home, a court has heard.