The Garda Commissioner hosted a ceremony to unveil a Memorial and open a Garden of Reflection in Honour of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and Garda Tony Golden at Dundalk Garda Station.
The memorial event took place at Dundalk Garda Station today.
The ceremony was attended by Family members of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and Garda Tony Golden and The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim OCallaghan TD.
Adrian Donohoe was born in January 1972 in Kilnaleck, Co Cavan.
He grew up on a small farm with his three brothers and two sisters.
He was a keen Gaelic footballer, he played midfield for his local club before going on to represent Cavan GAA at Under-21 level.
Adrian joined An Garda Síochána in 1994 and was married with two children.
At 9:30pm on the 25th January 2013 Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and his colleague Detective Garda Joe Ryan entered the car park of the Lordship Credit Union, Dundalk, Co Louth on a routine cash escort.
A dark coloured car entered the car park with up to four people inside it.
One person got out of this car and fired a shot fatally injuring Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.
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