The Chairman of Longford Joint Policing Committee has described reports of "death threats" to a garda involved in a shooting incident in the county last Monday as "disgusting". Councillor Gerry Warnock was reacting to reports in the media that online death threats had been made against the garda officer. There are also reports that armed garda protection has been put on the officer's home. Mr Warnock says while he can not comment on the incident on Monday, the reports of death threats and of armed protection being needed are alarming. "There's an ongoing investigation so it would be inappropriate for me to say anything further on the particular incident," said the councillor.

Source: Evening echo December 05, 2018 20:03 UTC