Gardaí could record dying individuals under new body camera legislation

Assaults on gardaí surged last year with 409 incidents — a jump of almost 20% on the figures for 2022, inlcuding 12 injuries to garda personnel during the Dublin riots,

Gardaí will be able to use body-worn cameras to record a dying individual if they believe that he or she had been a victim of or has witnessed an offence.

New legislation published last week by the Oireachtas goes into specific details about the cameras, which are hoped to be in operation by the beginning of summer.