Over 120 uniform gardaí have been issued with tasers to respond to an increase in violent attacks, particularly on gardaí.

An average of 300 gardaí have been attacked each year for the past ten years.

The tasers are being issued as part of a pilot programme in four designated stations in Dublin and Waterford.

Tasers are less lethal force option weapons, which shoot an electrical current that temporarily incapacitates a person by disrupting their muscle control, making them unable to move or attack.

Assistant General Secretary at Garda Representative Association, Tara McManus, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.

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