Gardaí are currently being trained to use 21 inch metal batons which should be available to officers on the streets during the busy Christmas and New Year period. Gardaí are currently being trained to ...

Video has emerged of a confrontation between gardaí and protesters at a property auction in Gorey, Co Wexford, in which a garda is seen using a baton during the melee. Fri, 13 Nov, 2015 - 09:18 Video ...

Michael Blount, 187 Bath Road, Balbriggan was fined EUR150 for possession of the asp baton at Bridge Street on July 29, 2001.Solicitor Donogh McGowan told the court that his client admitted having the ...

The recent conference of the Garda Representative Association called for additional defensive equipment for gardai. Ian Doyle has some suggestions The Garda often finds itself dealing with a worse ...

A JOBLESS man who stole a garda's baton as she tried to bring a rioting crowd under control at the scene of a suspected bomb planting has been jailed for nine months. Gary Kenny (22) snatched the ...

A woman who claims she was struck on the back of the head with a baton during the May 2002 Reclaim the Streets demonstration … A woman who claims she was struck on the back of the head with a baton ...