Gardaí 'will never accept being assaulted' as part of their job

Brendan O’Connor, President of the Garda Representative Association, said: "There is a need for better and more frequent self-defence training and this association has long called for mandatory custodial sentences for such attacks."

Gardaí “will never accept being assaulted as part of our job”, the President of the Garda Representative Association has said following an alleged assault on a garda in Fermoy.

A plain clothes garda was filmed apparently being hit in the face during an anti-refugee protest in the Cork town. Gardaí are investigating the incident.