Garda Donohue murder, garda appeal, garda shooting Dundalk, Dundalk gardai, credit union robbery
Garda Donohue murder, garda appeal, garda shooting Dundalk, Dundalk gardai, credit union robbery
Today two little children are left without their father, Det Garda Donohoe was murdered in cold blood by cowards who did not have the bottle to be captured and do their time for what was initially an armed robbery. The people who murdered Garda Donohoe will be caught, it is just a matter of time, if you help those killers to dispose of clothes, weapons then you are as guilty as they are, if you provide a false alibi for these cowards then you are as guilty as they are. If you are asked to do any of these things for these cowards, contact the gardai as soon as possible. It may be difficult for you to contact the gardai at this moment, maybe you are under threat, or feel under threat, but as soon as you get an opportunity, let someone know what has happened, the gardai will do you no harm if you tell them what you know, they simply want the cowards who murdered a good and decent man, whose little children now cry out for justice for their Daddy.
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The scene at the Lordship Credit Union in Co Louth where the shooting and armed robbery took place on Friday night remains sealed off for searches and further examination.
It is believed that the armed gang that shot and killed Det Garda Donohoe got away with around €4,000.
Detectives in Dundalk also believe it is likely that a criminal gang was involved rather than dissident republicans.
More than 100 gardaí are now working on the investigation into the killing of the 41-year-old father-of-two at Bellurgan, Jenkinstown.
Officers in Dundalk have cancelled holidays and come in on their days off as the investigation makes progress.
The garda escort was part of a routine patrol for years on a number of credit unions in the area.
Detectives believe the gang would have known that the two garda officers were on duty on Friday night.
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has stressed that now is the time for those with information to come forward because other people know the men involved.
The post mortem on the body of Det Garda Donohoe has been completed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
He will be returned to his wife Caroline, also a garda in Dundalk, his children and extended family for burial later this week.
Minister for Cummincations Pat Rabbitte has condemned the killing of Det Garda Donohoe, calling it an "appalling cowardly murder".
Speaking on RTÉ Radio, the minister said the shooting did not happen because of the closure of garda stations or cuts in the Budget.
Mr Rabbitte said the shooting was a "cold-blooded assassination" that demonstrated how gardaí put their lives at risk every day.
He said the criminal underworld in Ireland has reached "a new low" when a garda with no weapon tries to make an inquiry and the response is to shoot him dead.