Gardaí assaulted by prisoners being transported in inappropriate vehicles

A prison van for prisoner transfer in use for court appearances. File picture: Larry Cummins

Violent prisoners are assaulting gardaí when they are forced to transport them in inappropriate vehicles without protective barriers.

A female garda was kicked in the back of the head when there was no van available and no barrier in the patrol car, Detective Garda Mark Ferris, central executive committee member with the Garda Representative Association (GRA), said.