Blood spat in Garda’s face in Tipp Town – GRA call for mandatory sentences

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Rank and file Gardai are calling for a mandatory prison sentence for assaulting members of the force.

Around 150 delagates, representing 10,500 GRA members, are gathered in Galway for their annual conference.

Local GRA Rep Tom Finnan says a Garda had to go to hospital for tests after being assaulted just this week in Tipp Town.

He told Tipp Today how a colleague had blood spat into his face last Thursday night while carrying out his duties.

Tom says people don’t realise the dangers Gardai face on a daily basis and there should be a fitting punishment when a member of the force is assaulted.