Police from Ireland north and south will honour a fellow officer killed in floods in Co Wicklow.

IT is a diary entry no one would ever want to write.

A witness has today described to a jury how he saw his late friend dragged under a limousine and been pinned against the back wheel.

The funeral mass of Garda Ciarán Jones will take place later today.

Wicklow footballers formed a guard of honour this evening as the remains of Garda Ciarán Jones were brought to St. Brigid's Church in Manor Kilbride.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a hospice nurse who died when her basement flatflooded.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter and Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan had led in paying tributes to Garda Ciaran Jones, 25, who was drowned on Monday evening while alerting motorists to dangerous flooding at Ballysmuttan Bridge, near Manor Kilbride, Co Wicklow.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has led tributes to the young garda and a woman who lost their lives during the flash floods that wreaked havoc across the east of Ireland.

GAA legend Mick O’Dwyer has led the tributes to Garda Ciaran Jones who lost his life while alerting motorists to dangerous floods.

GAA and Garda chiefs heaped praise yesterday on a courageous young garda who died after he placed the safety of others over his own.

Investigations are underway after two people lost their lives in overnight flooding that caused chaos in the east of the country.