Gardaí hospitalised after ‘savage’ attack by youths

A female garda suffered serious facial injuries and a male garda was headbutted in a “savage assault” by a gang of youths in Dublin overnight on Thursday.

The Garda Representative Association said the use of Tasers should be “seriously examined” and called for gardaí to be given body cameras.

The attack followed the ramming of a Garda car in Kerry on Wednesday, in which two gardaí were hospitalised.