THE heart was ripped out of an entire village by the death of a young garda who was killed after a car ploughed into his patrol vehicle, his state funeral heard yesterday.

The heart was ripped out of an entire village by the death of a young garda who was killed after a car ploughed into his patrol, his State funeral heard today.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen and Tánaiste Mary Coughlan visited the north Donegal town of Buncrana to pay their respects following the death of 24-year-old Garda Gary McLoughlin who died from injuries he received when a vehicle ploughed into his patrol car at the weekend.

A YOUNG garda was fighting for his life last night and another officer was hospitalised after a high-speed chase ended in a head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver.