A man in his 20s has been charged with the murder of a father of four in a bar in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, over the weekend.

THE heart was ripped out of an entire village by the death of a young garda who was killed after a car ploughed into his patrol vehicle, his state funeral heard yesterday.

The heart was ripped out of an entire village by the death of a young garda who was killed after a car ploughed into his patrol, his State funeral heard today.

Huge crowds are expected in Co Leitrim today for the funeral of Garda Gary McLoughlin who was killed in the line of duty in Co Donegal.

GARDA Commissioner Noel Conroy headed the force’s Crime and Security branch at a time when it was negligent in failing to ask questions about a trip to the United States by two central figures investigated by the Morris Tribunal.