Garda veteran, 100, laid to rest

THE last surviving member of the recruits which founded the Garda Síochána was laid to rest yesterday.

Galway-born Charlie Clarke, who spent most of his career in Dublin, celebrated his 100th birthday last summer. Assistant Commissioners Tony Hickey and Fachtna Murphy formally represented the gardaí at the Requiem Mass and funeral in Dublin yesterday.

Serving and retired gardaí formed a guard of honour to salute the ex-garda, one of the new force’s first members in 1922.