Nearly 300 gardaí have been assaulted on duty over the past 18 months, figures show.
51 officers in Dublin have been attacked, according to details released under the Freedom of Information Act.
The figures show 217 gardaí were injured as a result of assaults last year.
Two officers received 'serious multiple injuries', while one Garda received an internal head injury.
18 officers received closed fractures or open wounds.
A further 81 gardaí were assaulted in the first five months of this year.
45 ended up with bruises, grazes or bites, but one Garda received 'serious multiple injuries'.
Philip McAnenly is the deputy general secretary of the Garda Representative Association (GRA), and he suggests many more assaults go unreported.
He observed: "I think the figures do not accurately reflect the level of assaults that gardaí are subjected to and gardaí sustain as part of their daily work.
"The number of assaults recorded and the figures provided... would appear to be peculiarly and remarkably low."
An Garda Síochána, meanwhile, says every support and medical assistance is provided to officers when they are assaulted.
Reporting by Eoghan Murphy
