Gardaí ‘offered immediate support’ to PSNI after shooting of detective in Omagh

The detective remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital

Police at the scene in Omagh in the hours after DCI John Caldwell was shot (Oliver McVeigh/PA)

Gardaí reacted immediately to offer support to the PSNI in the aftermath of the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said.

Mr Heaton-Harris was responding to concerns raised at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee by DUP MP Jim Shannon about a lack of security co-operation from the Irish state in providing information about a number of Troubles offences.