Issue Date: 24th May 2024
Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances of an incident of endangerment that occurred in Dublin 15 on Monday 20th May 2024.
When a number of Garda units responded to an incident at an apartment complex in Castleknock shortly before 1am on this date, a car that was attempting to avoid Gardaí collided with a male Garda member.
The Garda member was taken to the hospital for treatment and later discharged. He remains off duty at this time.
Garda welfare services have been put in place for the Garda member and his colleagues.
As a result of investigations into this incident, a man in his 30s was arrested this morning (Friday 24th May 2024).
He is currently being detained at a Garda Station in the Dublin Region under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
