Monaghan: Gardaí Assaulted, Vehicle Rammed, Man Arrested After Thursday Incidents

A man has been arrested in County Monaghan after gardaí were assaulted and a Garda vehicle was rammed by a car on Thursday. The incident occurred after plain clothes gardaí stopped a man in his 20s at 11:30 a.m. The man became violent, assaulting a garda before fleeing into nearby fields and evading arrest, according to An Garda Síochána. A subsequent search was unsuccessful.

Less than two hours later, just after 1:00 p.m., a Garda vehicle was rammed by a Northern Ireland-registered Audi while on patrol on the R184 at Tullycorbett in north County Monaghan. The two occupants of the car fled the scene. Following a search of the area, a man in his 20s, believed to be the passenger of the vehicle and involved in the earlier assault, was arrested.

Two members of the Garda force were hospitalized with injuries. Both gardaí in the rammed patrol car were taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda to be assessed. A search is ongoing for the driver of the grey Audi. The search is being carried out by frontline uniform gardaí and plain clothes gardaí from the Louth-Cavan-Monaghan Garda division, as well as regional armed support units with assistance from the Garda air support unit. The driver is believed to be a man in his 20s, of medium height and build, and was wearing a dark grey tracksuit top and grey tracksuit bottoms.

An Garda Síochána is asking anyone with information about the incident to contact Monaghan Garda station at 047-77200.