GAA tribute for hero garda

GAA legend Mick O’Dwyer has led the tributes to Garda Ciaran Jones who lost his life while alerting motorists to dangerous floods.

GAA chiefs in Wicklow are to hold a minute’s silence and fly the Tricolour at half mast at the upcoming county club finals as a mark of respect to the footballer roundly described as a “gentleman”.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan praised the garda and expressed their sympathies to his family.