A man will appear in court this morning after a Garda was serioulsy injured when he was struck by a motrbike in Finglas, Dublin last night.
A man in his 20s was arrested following the incident, which gardaí believe involved a stolen motorbike
Gardaí attached to the Finglas Drugs Unit were on routine patrol at around 5.45pm when they observed two motorbikes at a petrol station on the North Road which were believed to have been stolen.
When gardaí approached them, the motorcyclists drove off and one struck a member of the gardaí as he fled.
The male garda, aged in his 30s, was brought to the Mater Hospital for treatment of a serious but non-life-threatening injury.
A suspect in his 20s was arrested and was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a Garda station in West Dublin.
The man has since been charged and will appear at Blanchardstown District Court this morning.
