Over 150 gardaí assaulted while on duty so far this year

Gardaí in Leitrim are investigating.

Over 150 gardaí have been assaulted while on duty so far this year, according to figures from the Department of Justice.

A total of 3,440 gardaí have been assaulted while on duty in almost 12 years.

There have been a higher than average number of reported assaults since 2022 compared with previous years.

There were 299 assaults on gardaí while on duty in 2014; 301 in 2015; 282 in 2016; 264 in 2017; 224 in 2018 and 266 in 2019.

In 2020 there were 223 on-duty garda assaults, in 2021 there were 266, in 2022 there were 316, in 2023 there were 470, and in 2024 there were 373.

There were 156 assaults of on-duty gardai reported as of July 23 this year.

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