The gold Scott Medal was posthumously awarded to Garda Golden (36) at a Garda graduation ceremony in Templemore on Friday, just over two years after he was fatally shot by dissident republican Adrian Crevan Mackin at a house in Omeath, Co Louth. His wife Nicola was present at the ceremony to receive the medal on his behalf, one of seven gold Scott medals presented on the day, along with three silver Scott medals and seven bronze medals. AmbushA garda who was killed in an IRA ambush in Co Laois in 1976 and four colleagues who were seriously injured were also awarded the gold Scott medal for exceptional courage and bravery. Garda Clerkin was posthumously awarded the gold Scott medal. The other gardaí involved in the operation who also sustained injuries – Det Garda Ben Thornton, Det Garda Thomas Peters, Sgt James Cannon, and Garda Gerry Bohan – also received the gold medal for exceptional courage and bravery.

Source: The Irish Times December 08, 2017 18:56 UTC