'If you got into bother on the sporting field he'd be the first to bail you out' - tributes paid to Colm Horkan

"Everybody liked him. I don't think he had an enemy. He got on with everybody. He was simply a role model in his professional and personal life."

Less than two hours before he was fatally wounded, Detective Garda Colm Horkan shared banter with friends on What’s App about English Premier League soccer player, Declan Rice.

Lifelong friend and former Mayo senior footballer John Casey said somebody in their What’s App group had slagged off the West Ham footballer and Colm had posted his own comment “just for a bit of fun”.