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MEMBERS OF AN Garda Síochána have paid a final tribute to one of the country’s top criminal investigators, who was tragically found dead at a Dublin garda station last weekend, through a guard of honour.

Superintendent Colm Fox was found dead on Saturday evening in his office at Ballymun Garda Station.

He was a lead investigating detective into the Regency Hotel investigation.

Gardaí have since launched an investigation into his death, which is being treated as a personal tragedy.

Members of An Garda Síochána turned out in their hundreds this afternoon at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Malahide to honour Superintendent Fox.

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Speaking at the beginning of a trial at Dublin Circuit Court on Monday, Paul O’Higgins SC, prosecuting, paid tribute to Superintendent Fox and said that he knew him since his first days as a garda.

He described the senior garda as a most decent man, both professionally and in his dealings with people.

Brendan Grehan SC, defending, said the deceased was a top cop, a pleasure to deal with and someone who “always got the best out of the team around him”.

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Judge Karen O’Connor agreed that it was a very sad death and said her thoughts were with Superintendent Fox’s family.

“There are very few at the Bar who won’t have encountered him. I know him from my own experience that any team Superintendent Fox was involved in always spoke very highly of him,” she said.  

Read: Judge and lawyers pay tribute to lead garda investigator of Regency case

More: Investigation under way after death of garda at Ballymun Garda Station

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