Gsoc has been denied access to confidential records in the Garda’s Security & Intelligence Section in relation to Adrian Crevan Mackin, who shot Garda Tony Golden dead and almost killed his estranged partner Siobhan Phillips in October 2015.

The widow of hero garda Tony Golden, who was shot dead two years ago while trying to protect a woman from her abusive partner, has accepted a medal for bravery on his behalf.

The Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission must apply to the High Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the Special Criminal Court of Adrian Crevan Mackin, who shot dead Garda Anthony Golden in 2015 before killing himself.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has applied to the Special Criminal Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the court of Adrian Crevan Mackin, who shot dead Garda Anthony Golden in 2015 before killing himself.

The Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission has applied to the Special Criminal Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the court of Adrian Crevan Mackin.

Gardaí who dealt with Adrian Crevan Mackin in the months before he murdered Garda Tony Golden are to be investigated on their knowledge of the risk he presented and whether they shielded him from prosecution.

For fallen garda, Tony Golden:

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has ordered the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and an extra 27 uniformed gardaí into north Louth in response to the murder of Garda Tony Golden.

FROM early in the morning, rivers of blue flowed into Louth. From every corner of the country, gardaí took to the roads in the dark and cold.

THAT thousands of people, including more than 2,000 gardaí in uniform, as well as President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny, attended the funeral of murdered Garda Tony Golden in Blackrock, Co Louth, yesterday afternoon should not surprise anyone.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

A Donegal woman was threatened with a 14-year jail term for protecting a relation believed to have killed a local cattle dealer, it was claimed today.