Paramedic’s bus assault

A FIRE Brigade paramedic was assaulted yesterday morning while responding to a call to help a man.

The incident happened on a bus on Abbey Street in Dublin city centre at 7.40am.

As officers tended to a man he became aggressive, assaulting the paramedic, leaving them unconscious and with two front teeth knocked out.

Dublin Fire Brigade said: “We can confirm one of our firefighters/paramedics was assaulted in the city centre and an individual has been arrested.”