'Tipperary garda's life saved by passer-by' after he responded to dangerous situation alone

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Delegates at the Garda Representative Association annual conference in Killarney, Co Kerry, where GRA Tipperary representative Richie Kennedy told the 'Irish Examiner' about the assaults gardaí endure daily. Picture: Conor Ó Mearáin

The intervention of a passer-by helped save the life of a Tipperary garda who was assaulted when responding alone to a call, according to a member of the Garda Representative Association (GRA).

A member of the association’s central executive, Richie Kennedy, told the Irish Examiner at the GRA annual conference in Killarney that the garda was lucky to escape with his life, having had to respond to the call on his own in Clogheen last June.