‘You’ll never walk alone, Colm’: Garda laid to rest before his time

A giant of a man like no other was laid to rest before his time.
‘You’ll never walk alone, Colm’: Garda laid to rest before his time
Mon, 22 Jun, 2020 - 07:20
Neil Michael

The coffin of Detective Garda Colm Horkan is carried to St James' church in Charlestown, Co Mayo. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
The coffin of Detective Garda Colm Horkan is carried to St James' church in Charlestown, Co Mayo. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

- with reporting from Cormac O'Keeffe

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Colm HorkanPlace: St James’s ChurchPlace: Co MayoPlace: CastlereaPlace: CharlestownPerson: ColmPerson: GardaPerson: Cormac O'KeeffePerson: Brendan HorkanPerson: BrendanPerson: Garda HorkanPerson: HorkanPerson: MartyPerson: DeirdrePerson: AidanPerson: DermotPerson: PádraigPerson: Garda CommissionerPerson: Drew HarrisPerson: Colm HorkanPerson: HarrisPerson: MonsignorPerson: Tommy JohnstonPerson: DeloresPerson: ColetteOrganisation: Charlestown SarsfieldsOrganisation: Liverpool FCOrganisation: Garda Síochana
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