THOUSANDS turned out last night for the removal of the tragic Co Wicklow Garda killed in Monday’s floods.

NEIGHBOURING counties Waterford and Wexford were connected by “tragic thoughts and conversation” in recent days following the deaths of six people in the region, a funeral mass heard on Saturday.

THE tiny village of Lemybrien was a sombre place to be yesterday as visibly upset locals endeavoured to come to terms with the murder of one of their own.