The Scott Medal is the highest honour the Garda Commissioner can bestow and is awarded for ‘exceptional bravery and heroism'.
Three of the medals are being awarded posthumously and the eight honours recognise six incidents of bravery that occurred between 1931 to 2022.
In the days prior to his death, he had brought several suspects before the Clonmel Circuit Court in relation to suspected paramilitary activity.He died later that night.On September 9th, 1942, Detective Sergeant Denis O’Brien was ambushed as he was leaving his home by three IRA men armed with Thompson sub-machine guns ambushed him.
As Detective Sergeant O’Brien attempted to escape the ambush, a fourth gunman appeared and he was fatally wounded by a shot to the head.Garda Timothy McSweeney – Silver medal, 2022, Garda Timothy McSweeney responded to a domestic incident call at a house in Douglas, Cork where a woman was in fear for her safety and that of her children.
When they entered the supermarket, a masked raider ran towards Garda Lahiffe and Garda O’Sullivan, pointing his gun at them and ordered them to get out of the shop.The gunmen again threatened the gardaí at gunpoint as they escaped the shop; however, the gardaí pursued them and managed to make it to a phone box to call in the robbery.
Garda Connaughton was violently assaulted while trying to arrest the man with the gun; however, both gardaí eventually managed to disarm and arrest him.Garda Joseph Finnegan and Garda Kieran Flynn – Bronze Medal
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