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A Significant Number Of Kildare Gardai Have Been Assaulted This Year.

Friday, 8 October 2021 07:00

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

File image: Rolling News

The figures have been released by the Dept. of Justice.

More Gardai in Kildare have been assaulted on duty so far this year than during 3 of the last 6 years.

The data has been released by the Dept. of Justice.

It shows 19 Gardai have been attacked in the county between January and October 3rd.

In contrast, there were 10 assaults on members in this Division in 2016, and 14 the following year.

17 assaults on Gardai were committed in 2019.

There were 26 reported assaults on Kildare Gardai in 2020.

Garda Division	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021*
Cavan/Monaghan	28	20	38	29	34	30	21
Clare	16	18	11	10	**	14	11
Cork City	67	41	45	40	36	53	33
Cork North	30	34	38	22	44	34	27
Cork West	13	11	14	12	36	23	10
DMR Eastern	15	13	13	13	12	26	10
DMR North Central	35	28	34	53	65	86	29
DMR Northern	62	40	25	51	58	67	34
DMR South Central	31	22	27	30	52	73	43
DMR Southern	30	29	29	39	35	64	27
DMR Western	53	43	61	43	57	58	32
Donegal	19	32	37	33	32	47	35
Galway	25	20	32	34	32	65	24
Kerry	29	22	28	36	39	30	10
Kildare	26	10	14	20	17	26	19
Kilkenny/Carlow	33	38	12	18	32	27	22
Laois/Offaly	31	29	17	22	40	49	35
Limerick	32	24	18	25	23	28	14
Louth	26	40	23	38	33	42	29
Mayo	13	26	16	11	24	18	22
Meath	25	10	21	19	31	26	13
Roscommon/Longford	22	10	18	11	29	26	**
Sligo/Leitrim	15	13	15	15	25	26	16
Tipperary	47	40	60	64	32	30	32
Waterford	34	44	38	37	32	49	16
Westmeath	17	23	11	20	31	26	13
Wexford	13	17	24	11	21	29	14
Wicklow	30	**	16	**	19	24	17

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