Garda’s rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean to be screened by RTÉ

A hero Garda who was seriously injured when he was attacked by a gang while pursuing a suspect was only weeks back from Greece where he helped rescue desperate refugees from the Mediterranean.

Garda’s rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean to be screened by RTÉ

The volunteer efforts of Garda Eoin Cox and his parents, RTÉ reporter Valerie Cox and father, Brian, are captured in a Would You Believe? documentary to be shown on RTÉ One this Sunday.

Just weeks after giving up his holidays to help out with the thousands of Syrian refugees making the perilous crossing to the Greek island of Kos, Garda Cox was beaten and stabbed by up to six men after he pursued a suspected car thief into a South Dublin estate.

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