Charlie Flanagan seeks Commissioner's report into fatal Monaghan crash that seriously injured garda

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has sought a report from the Garda Commissioner in relation to the circumstances surrounding a fatal road collision in Co Monaghan, in which a garda was also seriously injured.

Father-of-two Stephen Marron suffered severe injuries when he was struck by a car on Main Street, Castleblaney late on Tuesday night. He was sitting in the driver's seat of his car when the collision happened. He was nearing the end of his shift as a delivery driver for a local takeaway when a car hit his blue Skoda Octavia.