Garda and motorcyclist injured in incident in west Dublin

A Garda and a motorcyclist have been injured in an incident in west Dublin on Thursday.

Gardai said they were on patrol in Blakestown as part of efforts to disrupt drug selling activity, when they saw a man with his face covered driving an electric motorbike.

They described it as a Surron-type motorbike that they saw on a green area and footpaths at around 9pm on Thursday.

Gardai said this was “putting members of the public at risk” and that a garda approached the motorcyclist “as he was travelling at speed along the footpath”.

“He drove off and in the course of doing so struck the garda,” a statement said.

The garda, a man aged in his 20s, was brought to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown to be treated for non life-threatening injuries.

The motorcyclist, a man aged in his 30s, was also taken to Connolly Hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries.

The man has since been arrested and detained at a Garda station in Dublin under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

The electronic motorcycle was seized by gardai.

Welfare supports have been made available to the injured garda.