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05 Dec 2025

'Very aggressive' male pepper sprayed in Birr

Drunk man pepper sprayed after swinging at gardaí 

Intoxicated man was pepper sprayed.

A HIGHLY intoxicated and very aggressive man was pepper sprayed by Gardaí during a public order incident in Birr.
On Tuesday June 3rd, at 10pm in the evening, the Guards got a report of an intoxicated man on Pound Street.
A Garda spokesperson said that when they went to the scene and approached the man “he became very aggressive and he was pepper sprayed and charged.”

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