Gardai have lost nearly 134,000 days of duty over the past two years after officers suffered injuries while on duty.
That included more than 33,000 days of illness where a member suffered a malicious injury while at work and 266 days of sick leave for officers being attacked off-duty. In total, An Garda Siochana reported more than 204,000 days of illness last year with around 35% of that due to injuries suffered by members.
There was a total of 71,761 days of sick leave attributed to occupational injury last year including 41,281 days where an accidental injury was suffered. A further 5,747 illness days were caused by road traffic accidents with just over 17,500 days resulting from malicious injuries, either on or off duty.
