A garda who was murdered in a booby-trap bomb 30 years ago and his injured colleagues were today commemorated in a moving ceremony.

A garda murdered in a booby trap bomb in 1976 is to be remembered at a special ceremony where several of his retired colleagues who survived the atrocity will be honoured.

THREE men and a juvenile appeared before Belfast Magistrates Court yesterday charged in connection with the stabbing of two loyalist bandsmen.