Very sad news. God rest him.
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RIP
I look forward to thousands coming to Dublin and marching in order to show their disgust at this murder
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Seems a very strange one.
What type of person would be carrying a gun around there. Isnāt there a prison there?
Yeah, there is.
He took the detectives gun and shot him with it
A detective.
They stole his gun or a gun from another Garda and shot him outside the station
Thatās terrible. RIP to the Guard. If it was a deliberate act the cunt shouldnāt see light again
Mental stuff.
Thereās also a mart in Castlerea for what itās worth.
Shot him a number of times.
And a train station with a direct train to Dublin.
Believed to have been attending a domestic incident. A Mayo native.
Thank god it was the police officer who got shit and not the criminal. Otherwise the internet would have to get involved.
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What all happened here?
RIP. Awful for his family and colleagues.
My own father almost got killed in this job over 30 years ago (stabbed multiple times). Was a lucky/unlucky man, depending on your perspective.
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Would it be common for gardai in small, fairly rural towns like Castlerea to be going around armed? I know it looks like his rank is allowed to carry a firearm but would many gardai actually do it and is it mandatory or optional for them to do so?
Nasty business. R.I.P.
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Castlerea is a decent sized town and Iād imagine some sort of regional HQ. There is also a prison close by. Iād imagine all those regional HQās would have a few detectives attached.
There was a garda in Louth who attended a domestic unarmed and was shot dead.
Would a gun have made any difference in that case?
Guns just enflame the situation. There are armed response units but I donāt see the need for guns to Gardai outside of those situations.
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Be awful to be in a gunfight and not have a gun all the same.
Saying that Jerry McCabe had a machine gun irrc, and it didnāt do him much good.