A man on trial for attacking a member of An Garda Síochána claimed the officer assaulted him and that "a tiger in the wild would not do to a suckling calf" what the detective did to him.

A 27-year-old Limerick man who violently assaulted two gardaí while in custody, has been described by a senior member of the force as one of "the most violent criminals in Limerick city".