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Stronger penalties in store for assaulting emergency workers

EMERGENCY workers have welcomed Government plans to strengthen penalties for people who assault or impede them in the course of their work.

Wed, 05 Apr, 2006 - 01:00

Cormac O’Keeffe

A wide range of medical workers will be given the same protection as gardaí and prison officers under the proposals.

Amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill 2004 state that:

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