Garda Tony Golden worked with domestic violence victims

Groups supporting domestic violence victims have praised Garda Tony Golden and said his death and the life-threatening injuries sustained by the gunman’s partner highlighted the crucial role of gardaí.

Adrian Crevan Mackin shot his partner, hairdresser Siobhan Phillips, and Garda Golden before turning the gun on himself. Garda Golden had been responding to a domestic incident when he visited the property in the village of Omeath on Sunday evening.

Ms Phillips, who worked at the Vanity Salon in Newry, is a mother of two young children. She was still in a serious condition in Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital last night.