Overview
- A Garda in his 20s, who was knocked down Sunday in Hartstown Park, needed stitches and left hospital.
- Officers arrested a local boy at the scene, then released him without charge as a file goes to the Garda Youth Diversion Bureau.
- The Garda Representative Association said such assaults are becoming far too common and urged a stronger justice response.
- Union representative Mark Ferris also pressed for specialist pursuit training to enforce Grace’s Law, which bans scramblers in public places.
- Hartstown Park has seen rising scrambler and e‑bike use in recent weeks, and a local councillor has sought an evening park ranger to report problems to Gardaí.