TAOISEACH Brian Cowen and Tánaiste Mary Coughlan visited the north Donegal town of Buncrana to pay their respects following the death of 24-year-old Garda Gary McLoughlin who died from injuries he received when a vehicle ploughed into his patrol car at the weekend.

A YOUNG garda was fighting for his life last night and another officer was hospitalised after a high-speed chase ended in a head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver.