More than 160 Gardai – including five from Tipperary – were forced to miss at least a day’s work last year after being seriously assaulted while on duty.
Of the five in the Tipperary Division three were classed as bruising, grazes or bites, one was a closed fracture and one was a sprain.
Nationally 52 officers had lay-offs of at least a month because of their injuries.
Three Tipperary based Gardaí were off work for between one and three months.
