Gardaí cheat death during ramming by stolen jeep

Gardaí were rammed at high speed by a stolen jeep driven in reverse on a narrow country road in North Cork, with a judge saying the two officers were almost killed on the night.

“It is appalling that gardaí are exposed to such horrific dangers,” said Judge Gerard O’Brien yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

“Ordinary policing of quiet rural areas does not appear to be able to be done without armed response units.