No jail for man who left female garda with severe injuries

An Offaly man who slammed a garda into a shop front, causing her severe injuries, has been ordered to carry out 240 hours community service.

Enda Carroll (aged 23) of The Willows, Mucklagh, Tullamore, was found guilty after a trial at the Circuit Criminal Court of assault causing harm, resisting a police officer and two counts of public order on William Street in the Offaly town on March 12, 2012.