State of grief

A HUMAN ribbon of sorrow bound Dundalk together yesterday as the town’s quiet grief for fallen garda Adrian Donohoe rippled out across a watching nation.

The clusters of mourners lining the funeral route from early morning had swollen into a throng of farewell engulfing the streets as Det Gda Donohoe’s cortege approached St Joseph’s Redemptorist Church with an honour guard of 2,500 of his comrades marching behind the hearse in dignified tribute.