Gardaí save several lives in just one month

Life-savers among the ranks of An Garda Síochána ranged from regular duty officers to members of the Emergency Response Unit. File picture: Colin Keegan

Armed gardaí in Cork city saved the life of an unconscious man whose hand had been slashed right to the bone in a vicious knife attack and who could have died from blood loss.

It is one of a number of cases in the space of just one month where the swift actions of gardaí saved members of the public from death or serious injury.