A man in his 30s has been arrested after the vehicle he was driving collided with a number of Garda patrol cars during a pursuit in west Dublin on Tuesday evening. <\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed said they observed a car engage in dangerous driving in the Blanchardstown area while on mobile patrol. The vehicle failed to stop when directed to do so and a \u201cspontaneous pursuit\u201d commenced. <\/p>\n
A stinger device was deployed against the car, deflating a number of its tyres. The vehicle continued to drive on in \u201ca dangerous manner and collided with a number of Garda patrol cars, who successfully prevented the vehicle from entering contra-flow onto the N3 dual Carriageway, endangering the public\u201d, a Garda statement said. <\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed then managed to bring the car to a stop. <\/p>\n
The driver was arrested and brought to a Dublin Garda station where he is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.<\/p>\n
No garda\u00ed were injured during the incident, while three Garda patrol cars were damaged. <\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed said their investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n
Chief Superintendent Michael McNulty of Blanchardstown Garda station said: \u201cProtecting public safety and delivering good policing outcomes requires a combination of skill and precision, quick thinking and fearlessness. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe courage and professionalism of members of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na attached to Blanchardstown, Cabra and Finglas that worked together as a team during last night\u2019s incident, brought it to a safe conclusion because they exhibited their strong knowledge and expert training. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis response demonstrates that garda\u00ed are more determined than ever, to protect the public and apprehend those that endanger the communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 30s has been arrested after the vehicle he was driving collided with a number…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[956,22431,9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-27723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-blanchardstown","10":"tag-breaking-news","11":"tag-breakingnews","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-featured-news","14":"tag-featurednews","15":"tag-headlines","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-latest-news","19":"tag-latestnews","20":"tag-main-news","21":"tag-mainnews","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-top-stories","24":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}