Man dangled his baby upside down over river in stand-off with gardaí

'I thought he was going to kill her', reads mother's victim impact statement as dramatic footage of rescue showed in court

Dramatic CCTV footage was shown in court today of a member of the Garda Armed Response Unit (ARU) tasering a man while the unit rescued a three-and-a-half-month old baby from his arms.

The rescue of the infant took place in the back of an ambulance at 2am at Friar’s Walk in Ennis on April 11 last after a tense three and a half hour stand-off with the 29-year-old.