The DPP will not bring a criminal prosecution over a traffic accident in which a pensioner was knocked down by a garda patrol car, an inquest heard tonight.

A member of the Gardaí could reportedly be facing criminal charges in connection with the death of a pensioner who was struck by a patrol car in Dublin earlier this year.

GARDAÍ are facing two separate legal actions for compensation over allegations of assault on people in custody, including one from the family of a young teenager who died in a Tipperary garda station.

A GARDA could face charges following the death in hospital yesterday of an elderly woman seriously injured when she was knocked down by a squad car last month.