Garda chief saddened by crash deaths

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said today he was saddened by the deaths of one of his officers and a teenager in a horrific head-on car crash in north Mayo today.

Garda Terence Dever, 47, had been travelling with his life-long friend and colleague on their way to report for duty at Belmullet garda station when they collided with an oncoming car.