Colleagues pay tribute as garda laid to rest

Stunned colleagues of the garda who took his life this week paid emotional tributes to a man they described as exceptional as his family prepare to bury him today.

Gda Adrian Hickey will be buried in All Saints Cemetery in Garryclone, Cork, following 2pm funeral Mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in his hometown of Blarney.

Hundreds of mourners, including a guard of honour from colleagues, last night attended a removal service in Tralee, Co Kerry, where Gda Hickey had been stationed since he graduated from Templemore in 2006.