Crime does not only dwell on the streets

All gardaí who have died in the line of duty never knew what the next call-out would bring, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Garda Tony Golden

AFTER the horror in Omeath on Sunday night, the Garda Roll of Honour now runs to 88 names, almost one death a year in the 93 years of the history of the force.

Twenty-eight, including Tony Golden’s divisional colleague Adrian Donohoe, died at the hands of gunmen; four in explosions, three in drownings, one in a hatchet attack, one in a fireball, one in another violent assault.