Gardaí say memorial attack ‘sick, vile’

Vandals attacked a plaque erected to a garda killed in the line of duty and then dumped it outside his girlfriend’s house.

Gardaí say they are disgusted by the attack on the plaque, put up in Co Donegal by the heartbroken family of the late Gda Gary McLoughlin.

The 24-year-old garda died when he was struck by a car in Burt, Co Donegal, on December 14, 2009.