Gardaí have said seven members are recovering from injuries after being assaulted on St Patrick's Day.

The Gardaí were injured in three separate incidents in Dublin and Portlaoise.

At around 5pm on Wednesday two gardaí were assaulted near Mercer Street in Dublin city centre.

A female garda was hospitalised with her injuries but was released yesterday.

Separately, five gardaí were assaulted in Portlaoise at around 8:30pm.

Three female officers and one male officer were attacked in the Fairgreen area of the town.

Later that night, Gardaí were called to another public order incident at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise where two female Gardaí were assaulted, one of which had attended the earlier incident.

Two men appeared in court yesterday while a man in his 30s is due before the courts at a later date.