Garda Alan Griffin and Garda Niall Deegan (left and centre) were seriously injured when a car driven by Evan Toomey (right) rammed into their Garda patrol SUV, the court had heard.

Evan Toomey (27) of Oak Park, Ennis, Co Clare, left two members of the Limerick Garda Roads Policing Unit, Garda Niall Deegan, and Garda Alan Griffin, with life-changing injuries