‘It was aggression from the word go’: Sergeant Haughney on life-changing injury he sustained on duty

The support Sergeant David Haughney received has pulled him through a life-changing injury he sustained while dealing with a violent gang in East Cork.

It was December 14, 2014, when he was on patrol with Garda John Tarrant, both stationed in Midleton, when they responded to a call in the Youghal area, which had been plagued with burglaries.

When they got there at around midnight they spotted two men on foot on a country lane and a nearby car being driven in a suspicious manner.