PICS: Meet the ordinary Irish people who have been awarded for their selfless actions

A motorcycle garda who put his life at risk to save others received a national bravery award for his selfless actions yesterday.

Garda Michael Twomey, anticipating a potentially fatal accident, stopped traffic at a junction of the main Cork/Mallow road in April last year.

However, he was seriously injured when struck by a stolen van used to steal a large quantity of alcohol from the Vienna Woods Hotel in Glanmire, Co Cork.