Trio quizzed after gardaí hurt in ramming incidents

Three men were being questioned yesterday in relation to two successive ramming incidents which left gardaí requiring hospitalisation.

The drama began when a BMW car failed to stop at a Garda crime prevention checkpoint on the N80 in Clonegal, Co Carlow, at around 11.50pm on Saturday.

Gardaí pursued the vehicle along the Ballon to Bunclody road towards Myshall, where one Garda car was rammed near a community centre.