Garda office to investigate after men injured in fall

THE Garda ombudsman’s office yesterday confirmed it was investigating an incident in which two men sustained injuries during a Garda operation in Co Kerry.

The men, it emerged, jumped from a first-floor apartment at Maine Street close to Tralee town centre.

Acting on confidential information, the gardaí carried out a search of the apartment occupied at the time by three men, all Irish citizens.