Gardaí honoured with bravery awards

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris at the Scott Medal award ceremony at Dublin Castle: 'This is a real reassurance to the public of the service we provide and the exceptional lengths members of An Garda Síochána will go to to protect the public.' Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said 13 awards given to gardaí and their families for bravery provides a “real reassurance” to the public of the service members provide and the “exceptional lengths” they will go to to protect them.

Three of the Scott medals were given posthumously and followed a trawl through the history of the organisation, resulting in recognition of the bravery of three detectives shot by the IRA in August 1940.