BREAKING: Man (30s) arrested in connection with violent Garda hit-and-run in Dublin

A man has been arrested in connection with a violent incident on Monday, during which a garda was hit by a car and hospitalised while responding in Dublin.

The man, in his 30s, was arrested this morning and is currently being detained at a Garda station in the Dublin region.

Gardaí said they are investigating all the circumstances of what they describe as an "endangerement incident" that occurred in Dublin 15 on Monday, May 20th.

During the incident, several other patrol cars were reportedly rammed.

He is due to appear before a sitting of Court 2 of the CCJ this evening.

The injured garda has since been released from hospital.

GRA representative for the DMR West, Detective Garda Mark Ferris said in a statement that it is "deeply regrettable that yet another young Garda has been injured while on duty".

"While trying to effect an arrest, the armed assailant struck the Garda with his car and went on to ram other patrol cars as he fled the area" Detective Harris continued.

"He is recovering and naturally is in shock having been struck by the assailants vehicle. Reflecting on what was a lethally dangerous situation, he "feels blessed" that he wasn’t run over and his injuries are non life threatening.

“No member of An Garda Siochana deserves to be injured or face assault while on duty but unfortunately too often that is the case and there are simply not enough Gardai to protect their colleagues when they come under attack”.