Garda station flags fly at half mast ahead of prayer service in honour of officer killed at checkpoint

Garda Kevin Flatley died after being struck by a motorcycle while he conducted speed checks on the R132 in Lanestown, close to Blake’s Cross in Lusk, on Sunday. Photo: An Garda Siochana/PA

Flags are at half mast today at garda stations across the country as colleagues of Garda Kevin Flatley prepare for a prayer service in his memory in Dublin this evening.

Garda Flatley died after being struck by a motorcycle while he conducted speed checks on the R132 in Lanestown, close to Blake’s Cross in Lusk, on Sunday. The motorcyclist was critically ill on Monday morning at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.