Almost 200 gardaí injured in line of duty in 2020

Gardaí reported a single case of “serious multiple injuries. File photo: Dan Linehan

Almost 200 gardaí suffered injuries in the line of duty last year with nearly one in eight cases taking place in a single county.

The level of injury among officers based in Waterford was far above other divisions with 24 of the 199 occupational assault injuries occurring there in 2020.