Kenny condemns 'cold-blooded violence' of detective's murder in Louth

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described the fatal shooting of a Garda detective in Co Louth as "cold-blooded violence", while Justice Minister Alan Shatter called it a "callous and barbaric event" .

Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, who was 41 and married with two young children, was on escort duty with det garda Joe Ryan at the credit union in Bellurgan, Jenkinstown, Co Louth when he was killed.