Garda praised for bravery in arresting armed robber

A garda has been praised for going "beyond the call of duty" when he arrested an armed robber who threatened to shoot at him twice within minutes of carrying out a raid on a Dublin Pharmacy.

Garda Thomas Paul Prenderville was congratulated for his bravery by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court who said: "Confronting him once was heroic but a second time with his life under threat was beyond the call of duty."