24,000 show their sympathy on Facebook for tragic garda

MORE than 24,000 people have shown their solidarity with the family of the young garda killed after he was swept into a river during Monday’s floods by signing up to Facebook tribute pages.

One “RIP Garda Ciaran Jones” page, set up on Tuesday, had by last night been liked by more than 17,800 people and the numbers clicking on the “like” button were set surpass 18,000 overnight as hundreds took to the web to show their support.

Adding in the other tribute sites to Garda Jones, more than 24,000 people have paid tribute.