Garda critical after being knocked down

Lobelia Overhill

R.I.P

Thoughts are with his family and friends

gerire

It was very saddening to hear of this the other day; Any stories of a colleague who goes out to do his job and does not come home upsets me greatly;

Thoughts to his family, friends and colleagues in Letterkenny

RIP

source

Rest In Peace Robert,

my condolences to your family, friends, and station party, while i did not know you, from speaking to colleagues who did, you were a good man, who did not deserve to die in such a manner.

It is evident you will be greatly missed by all who knew you.

BigDuffman

RIP Hopefully who did this will go down hard.

Gary ITR

<- sums it up for me


If/when I get my opportunity to wear the uniform I hope I can go out there and be as brave as these fallen heroes.

R.I.P Garda McCallion

Gary

nickni

Thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of this young guy who was only doing his job to protect the public, hope the culprit gets dealt with severely.

shezzie

this was so incredably sad to hear - for his poor family - it was so tragic - so young so sad -

i hope if there even an ounce left of justice in this country the perpetrators and put away for a very very long time - and a message sent out to no brainers that you cant get away with your lack of brains and stupidity a family is without their son only for that eegit...lets start being proactive not inactive on our stance for these fools who do it cause they know they can get away with it..

DC Dibble

Condolences to his family collegues and friends, Hopefully someday you can all take some comfort in being blessed to know and work with such a brave man. God bless all of you in your time grief and sorrow.

Alias B

Sincere condolences to all affected! May he rest in peace.

charlie_says

Very sorry to hear about this. My condolences to the family and friends of Mr. McCallion.

PapaYankeeGirl

Such sad news. Deepest sympathy to his family, friends and colleagues.

dh0661

Our thoughts are with all the family

Irish_polizei

R.I.P Robert

From your colleague down south,
Davy....

Sincere condolences to all his family and friends.

R.I.P!! :(

RIP

Thoughts are with his family and friends.

supershazf

Rest in Peace. Hope those involved are severly punished.

Deepest sympathy for the family and colleagues , such a terrible loss to all.


When will the judges stop giving these scumbags a belly rub, and start handing down realistic sentences.This was attempted murder, and the bloke is told to attend school every day???:mad:

I am full of admiration for all of you, dealing on a daily basis with people the rest of us wouldnt want to share a foot path with.
I dont know how you all do it , but Im thankful you do.

A member of the public

super_shellers

RIP Robert, I was so sad to hear he didn't pull through. It's a crying shame that he lost his life the way he did, for simply doing his job and serving his community. Too many people are quick to criticise us for doing our job, but yet not enough of them realise that often our colleagues die in the line of duty.
My heart goes out to his family.

TheNog

Folks,

Funeral Arrangements are as follows:

The tragic death has occurred of Garda Robert McCallion, Letterkenny Garda Station and Parke Road, Swinford, Co Mayo.

Remains reposing at his home in Swinford.

Removal this (Sunday) evening at 7 o’clock to the Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians, Swinford, to arrive at 8 o’clock

Funeral mass tomorrow (Monday) afternoon at 1 o’clock, with burial afterwards in Kilconduff Cemetery

Family flowers only please – Donations in lieu if desired to the Beaumont Hospital Foundation

The house is strictly private please until 6 o’clock tomorrow (Fri) evening

Source


Thanks for all the PMs for info

Nog

lucygoosy

RIP

lets hope that there will be changes made. It just goes to show that some people are out on temporary release and they really shouldn't be


Condolances to that poor Gardas family.

Tragic waste of life,

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

JJ22

Rest in peace.
Thoughts are with your family and friends.

AlekSmart

What a truly depressing yet oh so typical account of Irish daily life from today`s Irish Independent.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/caller-to-home-of-dead-garda-was-suspicious-1708420.html

Yet another example of a parallell culture of preying upon those in their darkest hour which is rather too prevalent for many to accept.

I think many posters here would be aware of how these people operate,but it surely cuts to the bone when we see just how ready the perpetrators are to strike even in a high profile case such as this.

What a sad reflection on where modern Ireland stands.

Trojan911

AlekSmart wrote: »

Yet another example of a parallell culture of preying upon those in their darkest hour which is rather too prevalent for many to accept.

No surprises there. And these "suspicious" people wonder why society rejects them so much. Absolute vermin, the lot of them...

Redpunto

RIP
My thoughts are with Robert's family and friends.

cpstears

Trojan911 wrote: »

No surprises there. And these "suspicious" people wonder why society rejects them so much. Absolute vermin, the lot of them...

Hoepfully dealt with appropriately!

Banm

RIP Bob,

Great guy, great sportsman, great friend to all,

Swinford will never be the same

Sleep well man , your memory lives on

boards.iemember

R.I.P

My thoughts are with his family and friends.

dentalnurse

RIP Rob
U died a hero in the line of duty.
Thoughts are with family and friends.

ScubaDave

Just like to say; fair play to all who travelled down to the funeral! It was a fantastic show of support to both his family and his colleagues from the divison, both at the removal and the funeral the next day! The slow march up the main street was a moment that will stick with me for a long time to come.

Again, well done to all members concerned! Im sure it meant alot to all involved!

SD

shrro1

its a say day in the world over, when a member of the garda goes out to work to protect the public and doesnt get to go home to his loved ones

cushtac wrote: »

Story from RTÉ News:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0326/letterkenny.html

shrro1

Cant understand the reasoning behind these people who take these cars and then cause mayhem for everyone while they enjoy the so called joyriding. iI wonder how much joy they would be shouting if one of their family were hit but one of these stolen cars.