Man arrested after Garda car rammed at speed

A man in his 40s has been arrested in relation to an incident last night in which a Gardai patrol car was rammed at speed in Knocknacarra.

At around 8.30pm last night, Gardaí observed a black Audi A5 car at Altan apartment on the Western Distributor Road.

Gardaí activated blue lights and approached the car. The driver then drove at speed directly towards the marked patrol car.

Gardaí took evasive action, but the driver of the Audi rammed into the front passenger side of the patrol car.

The Audi then fled at high speed out onto the Western Distributor Road and it was later found abandoned.

Two Gardaí were injured but did not require hospitalisation.

This afternoon, a man in his 40s was arrested at Galway Courthouse And he is being detained at Garda HQ in Renmore.