Garda Reserve member nominated for Scott medal

A MEMBER of the Garda Reserve has been nominated for a prestigious Scott Medal after helping to foil a gun incident involving a well-known criminal.

Supt Simon O’Connor, the head of the Garda Reserve, confirmed it was the first time a member of the Reserve has been nominated for a medal as a result of bravery in the line of duty.

It is understood the member, alongside two full-time members of an Garda Síochána, helped foil a “serious incident involving firearms”, in which a man was arrested and a weapon was recovered.