40 year manditory minimum if the DPP brings murder charges. It will be a travesty if they end up being charged with manslaughter. Gardai are expected to go out and deal with the worst in society, the least we can do is ensure that killing a garda carries such repercussions that it’s just not worth it for any criminal.

Who ever was responsible should get the death penalty

They’l be charged with murder, if they all knew at least one was carrying a gun then they’ll have contemplated the consequences and that fulfils the mens rea requirement so yeah liable for murder! Just gotta find them now

Well Said.

And Prison Officers and Nurses all front line staff that have to put up with aggression on a daily basis. R.I.P. Detective Garda Adrian Donohue
There is not Death Penalty here in Ireland there used to be but was lifted about 25/25 Years ago and instead of the death penalty they now have a 40 Year sentence but no one has served that as yet because of the the Good Friday agreement
But if there was the Death Penalty who would carry it out I know what most will say “I’ll do it gladly ” but that is what makes us different is that decent folk would find it very difficult to actually arry out the execution where as the sc¥m that murdered Detective Garda A.Donohue did it without a thought

The reason that most countries don’t have the death penalty is because of potential miscarriages of justice, not because there is nobody willing to carry out the role of executioner. For example, had the UK kept the death penalty on the statute books, you can be pretty sure that the Birmingham Six and the Guilford Four would all have been executed. Instead, it later transpired that they had been the victims of a miscarriage of justice. I wouldn’t describe this as “a lucky escape”, but the alternative doesn’t bear thinking about.

Can’t agree more with you on this.
We need harsher laws to protect our front line workers.
RIP

I just hope the perpetrators were watching the thousands of Gardai in Dundalk today. I hope they’re sick to their stomachs with the knowledge that none of those Garda will rest until those murderers are pulled from their beds, put before a judge and thrown into a cell for the rest of their lives. I hope their last thought before they go to sleep tonight is that those Gardai are coming for them.

Vincent, my fiancé is a plain clothes guard in dublin and deals with these everyday, trust me when I say they do not give a sh!t, they have no remorce whatsoever because they don’t have the conscience u or I would have. This was an ambush, they had the bullet in the guards head before he even went to work that evening. They blocked the entrance so the guards couldn’t drive out, only one was in the car at that time. The other 4 were hiding behind the wall and as soon as Adrian got out of the car to approach them, they pulled the trigger aimed straight for his head. He had no chance and these $cumbags think their the big gangsters now and not to be messed with. Time will tell and I dream of the day their sentence starts.

@karolyn- I’m not relying on their conscience. I don’t think they’ll feel bad. What I do hope is that they sense the net tightening around them. Because it is.

I hope so Vincent :)

I can imagine their involved Winston.

For what?

Because those cowardly scúmbags are hiding out in Northern Ireland and it’s this sort of policing cooperation that will get them sooner rather than later.

Thankfully that cooperation is there and may i add that it was great to see psni officers today in uniform. Sorry if question seemed arrogant wasnt meant to be

Agreed but not being insulting people have short memories unfortunatly

can you let Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, and Labour voters know they are doing the same thing, ie voting for terrorist parties?

Thanks.

@ gareth richardson:
don’t know why you tried to turn this thread into ‘a party political broadcast’
regearding the next General Election – my guess is that you will be disappointed
my guess is that SF will gain & FG/Labour will lose, in comparison to the last GE.

Well said Gareth, the hypocrisy of Adams is really breath taking

I agree. Anyone who has ever voted for Sinn Féin or supported the IRA should hang their heads in shame this week. Sinn Féin/IRA also murdered members of An Garda Siochana over the last 40 years. As much as they wish it did, time does not change this fact.

Is it possible for FF’ers to not try to cash in on this till at least next week ffs.

According to the news I heard earlier, he was.

Just saw Shatter there as per RTE news ! Brass neck he has !

@Tara Phelan – Let’s not get stuck in the nitty gritty spell check/punctuality & grammar game. There’s a family with no father/husband today. These are the real things happening.
I’m sure he’d be delighted to be standing tall today!
I can’t stand people it when people skip over the important matter to try to sound clever, if not overly!

You mean the two parties who are in power? Shut up on behalf of everyone with common sense.

You’re beneath contempt. Incapable of leaving aside politics on such a tragic occasion.

@vincent,iv seen your abuse on a higher scale with similar articles so off with ya

No I mean the people who are paying there respect to this man and dont want an argument about politics.

@paul- meant for Steve.

The journal is to censored when it comes to fg

How dare they not use the Journal now use this man’s death to take pics of FF TD’s at the funeral, how dare they not write about Micheal Martin’s crass motion timed to take place with this in the background.

Your dirt from a party of dirt.

Oh great, another troll.

why all the thumbs down. don’t like being reminded of your voyeuristic ghoulishness?

I find your comment disgusting. A national mark of respect has been shown, I think this will be of some comfort to his wife, if not now but in time to come. R.I.P.
I hope justice is done and the persons involved get their day in court and many years in prison.