Irish police detective shot dead in botched robbery attempt near border

the sooner capital punishment is brought back the better

RIP Garda Donoghue. Dundalk is not a few miles from "the Irish Border" It is a British imposed border

RIP Garda Donohue…by all accounts a credit to the force, the GAA and his country…these thieves were after the deposits of small savers in a very small rural Credit union, so no elaborate bank heist, with armoured cash trucks and so on: ( Ireland has the highest Credit union membership in the world by percentage of population)…now is not the time to debate the rights and wrongs of local law enforcement involvement in protecting the savings of their neighbours, and probably themselves. Here’s hoping the cowards that carried out this execution are caught and dealt with very soon.

IrelandNorth, I would think it is the same reason the Fianna Fail/Greens Government bailed out the banks in the first place.

Irelandnorth, the banks have been paying for garda/army escorts for a number of years, but it is a little silly because now the government/taxpayer own the banks.

A dangerous occupation in a dangerous world. But why are members of Án Gárda Síochána na h'Éireann (ÁGSÉ) doing providing armed cash escorts for private funds? Why are the state police being used as security guards? Why is the Irish taxpayer being used to subsidised banks? I did cash in transit escorts with the Irish Army in the late 1970s, and the banks never contributed to the cost. Why?

When these scum are caught what will happen to them? Will they be helped out while on the run like Gerry Adams did for McCabe's murderers? They will claim to be political prisoners as usual. They will intimidate witnesses and they will be housed in their luxury prison in Castlereagh. Where are Gerry McCabe's killers today?

Phlutie. Who is YOU ?

Where was the army detail on this. i grew up in Tipperary and always remember 2 fully armed army jeeps escorting money between banks and credit unions? There's no mention of any army support here. This is crazy = the times that are in it mean there have been increased hits on money vans collecting and picking up money from post offices, banks and credit unions. Bring the army details back. RIP Garda Donoghue and having members of the Gardai known to me I know his family will be supported well. This may however also be a good wake up call for the Government with regard to cutting the Garda force yet again. They're making a complete muck of running the country and its going to become a paradise for crime cutting the numbers in the force.

Rest in Peace Garda Donoghue. I agree with Greg, also.

A very sad event, as is it when we lose one of our finest. The peretrators if caught, will face a far more lenient penalty however than they would in the states. The Irish justice system is a joke. I read a story this week where a shoplifter pleaded with the judge to extend his jail sentence to 12 months because he wanted to get some dental work done while in prison. While this is laughable, what is more so, is the revelation that he had 213 previous convictions. What was he doing on the street? In the case of Det. Donohoe, I wonder why the second officer didn't return fire?

You know that it was IRA connected.

RIP. Garda Donoghue, this should never have happened, and I also agree with Greg, these are called security vans with usually two or three security men in the van. They should be fully trained for any attack. Our Gardai should not be involved, sometimes it would be the army following these vans. The banks and credit unions should be paying for better security teams.

Seanmor. Why would there be bleeding hearts calling for anything ?

Rest in peace detective Donahue.