Sarah O'Mahony

3 days ago | independent.ie | Robin Schiller |Ken Foy |Sarah O'Mahony |Adrianna Wrona

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris says Garda Kevin Flatley’s death called for a ‘real reset and rethink about our approach as society to road safety’Garda Flatley was killed as he tried to flag down a motorcyclist while operating a traffic checkpointHis death brings to 90 the number of gardaí killed while on dutyTwo other gardaí suffered injuries at separate road checkpoints in last week A garda was killed as he tried to flag down a motorcyclist while operating a traffic checkpoint in north Co...

4 days ago | independent.ie | Robin Schiller |Ken Foy |Sarah O'Mahony

Garda killed as he tried to flag motorcyclist down at speeding checkpointGarda Commissioner Drew Harris says Garda Kevin Flatley’s death called for a ‘real reset and rethink about our approach as society to road safety’11/5/25 A garda has been killed in the line of duty while carrying out a speeding checkpoint in north county Dublin.

4 days ago | independent.ie | Robin Schiller |Ken Foy |Sarah O'Mahony

The highly respected officer has been named as Garda Kevin Flatley, age 49, a father of two who was based in the roads policing unit at Dublin Castle. It is understood the officer was conducting a speed checkpoint on the R132 in the Lanestown area of north Dublin when the collision occurred. The father of two is believed to have been positioned on the side of the road, conducting a speeding checkpoint with a speed gun at the time.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Sarah O'Mahony |Sinead Kelleher

Mr Gaine (56), known as Mike, has been missing from his farm since March 20. In an update, gardaí said that in view of all the information they had gathered so far, they had upgraded their investigation to one of homicide. “Michael Gaine was reported missing from his home near Kenmare, Co Kerry on Friday, 21st March 2025 and was last seen in Kenmare town on Thursday, 20th March 2025,” the force said.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Sarah O'Mahony |Sinead Kelleher

Investigation into disappearance of Kerry farmer Michael Gaine upgraded to homicide'Things like this don’t happen around here. It’s completely out of character for Mike to just disappear'- Friends of Mike Gaine baffled by his disappearanceSarah O'Mahony and Sinéad KelleherYesterday at 21:02The investigation into the disappearance of Kerry farmer Michael Gaine has been upgraded to homicide, gardaí said on Tuesday evening. Mr Gaine (56), known as Mike, has been missing from his farm since March 20.