Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ba mhaith liom comhbhron ó chroí ar shon mhuintir Chontae Lú a ghabháil do chlann Adrian. Dúnmharú uafásach é seo a tharla i gContae Lú agus is méala mór a bhás dá chlann go léir agus don tír ar fad. Beidh cuimhne go deo air.

On behalf of all the people of County Louth I would like to offer my sympathy as a representative of that county to the family and particularly the wife and children of the late Detective Garda Donohoe. He has made the supreme sacrifice. He has lost his life in defence of democracy. He has died for us to protect our democracy and we will never forget him and the sacrifice he, and men before him in the Garda Síochána, has made. I think also of Sergeant Patrick Morrissey who was murdered in my county by murderous criminals.

Detective Garda Donohoe will never be forgotten and the hearts of all those in our community go out to him. To paraphrase Yeats, Detective Garda Donohoe was a great man in his prime, confronting murderous men. It is time for all this to end and hopefully it will end it because I am certain, as the Taoiseach and the Minister said, that there will be sentences of a minimum of 40 years for those who have perpetrated this evil and awful crime on this wonderful family and on the Irish people.

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