A call has been issued for motorcycle riders to take part in a charity motorbike run to raise funds for Garda Brian Hanrahan, who was shot in New Orleans last month.

A Garda who was shot and left for dead in New Orleans is “looking forward” to getting back to work and is “hopeful” of returning home in Ireland next week.

A garda who was shot twice and left for dead on a street in New Orleans is looking forward to getting back to work and said he was hopeful of returning home in Ireland next week.

Police have released the name of a suspect in the shooting of garda Brian Hanrahan, who was gunned down and robbed while on holiday in New Orleans.

Police have released the name of a suspect in the shooting of garda Brian Hanrahan who was gunned down and robbed as he enjoyed a holiday in New Orleans.

Police offering up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of two men in the shooting of garda Brian Hanrahan have released photofits of the two suspects.

The Irish community in New Orleans is rallying around Garda Brian Hanrahan who was shot twice in a mugging earlier this week while on holiday there with his father.

US police are seeking two men, seen in surveillance footage, in relation to the shooting of an off-duty garda in New Orleans.

Colleagues of the 30-year old garda shot twice in a botched mugging in the US on Tuesday, believe he may have survived because he was in top physical shape.

The wife and mother of an Irish garda shot by an armed robber while on holiday in the US are on their way to his hospital bedside.

Tributes and well-wishes poured in yesterday for a garda who was shot and seriously injured during an armed robbery in the United States.

A young Garda is expected to undergo surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his back after he was shot twice in New Orelans.

A young off-duty Garda is in a serious condition in hospital after he was shot in New Orleans.

BBC journalist Brian Hanrahan, best known for his coverage of the Falklands War, has died aged 61.

THE Munster finals of the Irish Mixed Foursomes get under way at Monkstown on Saturday, with Nenagh facing Newcastle West in the first of the semi-finals at 9am.