Garda McLoughlin RIP

stepbar · 14-12-2009 10:34pm

I heard of the tragedy today but never thought for the life of me that it was someone I knew. I went to school with his brother Enda and my younger brother went to school with Gary. Such a sad way for life to be taken away and at such a young age. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam RIP.

Hill St Blue · 14-12-2009 11:26pm

R.I.P.

bad2dabone · 14-12-2009 11:27pm

R.I.P. a tragic loss of a young life

cashel girl · 14-12-2009 11:34pm

Rest In Peace x
Deepest sympathies to his family and friends

CB19Kevo · 14-12-2009 11:37pm

R.I.P.

ste88m · 14-12-2009 11:40pm

Once again this year, the flag was flying outside the station at half mast.

Really made me think twice about some things today.
Tragic loss. Condolences to family, friends and colleagues.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.

Folks, keep safe out there.

Leo Demidov · 14-12-2009 11:57pm

RIP.

dfbemt · 15-12-2009 12:22am

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

RIP

Slippin Jimmy · 15-12-2009 1:20am

RIP. Thoughts are with family, friends, and coleagues. Be safe out there lads!

muffler · 15-12-2009 1:02pm

Just popped in to offer my own condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the late Garda Gary McLoughlin. A sad loss and Im sure I speak for every right minded person here in Donegal when I say that its a real tragedy that one should loose their life while carrying out a duty to protect the community.

Its even more tragic that this should happen in the same county that another garda lost his life while carrying out his duties earlier this year.

RIP.

15-12-2009 3:13pm

something like this brings it all home doesn't it

makes you appreciate how precious life is. Walking out the door for work last night at 9.40 the mother was looking at me funny, we all know why. the worst possible nightmare for any family, when their son/daughter/brother/sister/mother/father/partners doesn't come home

v300 · 15-12-2009 3:17pm

R.I.P. to the family, and the lads and lassies in Buncrana Station too.

lehanemore · 15-12-2009 9:01pm

RIP.

tracekins · 16-12-2009 12:21am

Rest in peace, cannot believe another young member has lost there lives!!! Best wishes to all Gary McLoughlin's family, friends and colleagues from a serving member

prinz · 16-12-2009 4:34am

Guys and girls,
As the OP have a couple of things to say..

1) Lovely thread, so good to see the good wishes and thoughts from around the country over this..

2) I am not a serving member of AGS. I hope the mods didn't mind me starting this thread but my father was a member, he did 36 years and retired. He probably doesn't know himself the effect news like this has on the family of a garda, but I'd just like to ask all of the serving men and women to spare a second to reassure their loved ones, family etc, even if it's just a hug. Growing up, news like the death of Garda McLoughlin meant weeks or months of doubt, despair, worry etc over the what ifs. Perhaps it was just me but I dont think I am the only one, often times I looked at my father going to work and wondered what could happen...

My deepest prayers and sympathy to the family of Garda McLoughlin at this terrible time, and to all members past and present.

I hope the fact that he is well remembered by those who knew him, and those who had no call to know him, but appreciate his life all the same, bring them comfort and solace at this time.

djtechnics1210 · 16-12-2009 3:00pm

RIP Gary

16-12-2009 4:16pm

just watched the one o clock news on rte.ie

very sad...had a tear rolling down my face watching it. granted i'm a bit soft but it still hits home hard

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1216/mcloughling.html

Hooch · 16-12-2009 4:24pm

1922 wrote: »

just watched the one o clock news on rte.ie

very sad...had a tear rolling down my face watching it. granted i'm a bit soft but it still hits home hard

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1216/mcloughling.html

+1

eroo · 16-12-2009 5:35pm

My sincerest condolences to Garda Gary McGloughlin's girlfriend, family, friends and colleagues. May he rest in peace.

I would also offer up a moment of thought for Recruit Garda Gary Sheehan and Private Patrick Kelly who were killed in the line of duty this day 26 years ago.

Two Gary's.. one died in Leitrim.. one buried there.. brings home the realities of the job Gardai do.

da__flash · 16-12-2009 5:43pm

1922 wrote: »

just watched the one o clock news on rte.ie

very sad...had a tear rolling down my face watching it. granted i'm a bit soft but it still hits home hard

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1216/mcloughling.html

+1

trixybell · 16-12-2009 6:55pm

rip garda mcloughlin. a utter tragedy, thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and colleagues in buncrana x

meathstevie · 16-12-2009 7:02pm

RIP. And lots of strenght and courage to his family and friends to help them carry the burden of their loss.

Trojan911 · 16-12-2009 7:31pm

Very tragic...

Was his colleague injured & how is he doing? (having suffered the loss of his partner)

16-12-2009 7:59pm

Trojan911 wrote: »

Very tragic...

Was his colleague injured & how is he doing? (having suffered the loss of his partner)

he was at the funeral on crutches in fairness to him...saw it on the news. how must he be feeling

bleuhh · 16-12-2009 11:17pm

Trojan911 wrote: »

Very tragic...

Was his colleague injured & how is he doing? (having suffered the loss of his partner)

Yeah I was at the funeral today, saddest thing I've ever had to go through. Was really poignant. Yes Garda Bernard McLoughlin was there with, who I think was his girlfriend?! How blessed must she feel to have him still with her? Great send-off for a true hero and overall great neighbour/friend.

May you rest in peace Gary. x

Trojan911 · 17-12-2009 12:07am

bleuhh wrote: »

saddest thing I've ever had to go through. Was really poignant.

Yes, I know the feeling. It's horrible. Been to two in London. One suicide (BTP) & one killed on his way to work (Early Turn). Both very good friends of mine. The latter was on my team as well....

laura. · 17-12-2009 4:15am

might i add at this the saddest of times how deeply saddened i am by this, on the night of this accident there was 3 car accidents in and around the buncrana area on saturday....on the 2nd which happened between 5.30-6.00PM, i couldn't get through to my fiancee, he was on his way to coach his basketball team in Donegal Town, and his mobile was off which is totally out of charcter for him and for the next hour and a half the fear i went through was unimaginable, to think that the person i absolutly loved and adored that something had happened to him,was heart-breaking. I finally mustered up the courage to ring the Gardai at our Buncrana station who was more than helpful as they always are, and they told me that it was two cars involved in the accident...although i want to tell you now that it didn't help me any as i have had a cousin and uncle and 6 friends killed in car accidents. I know that seems more than most, but what can you do. As for Garda Gary McLoughlin my absolute heartfelt sympathies go out to his girlfriend Shauna, his family and all his friends in Leitrim, Buncrana and recently Letterkenny, all his colleagues...and especially his family, what they must be going through(in this season especially) is unbearable i imagine...

So for you Garda Gary Mc Loughlin may you rest in peace, and look down on all your colleauges and give them the strength to carry on.

Look on your family and give them the strength to carry on....

And look on your girlfriend Shauna, and give her the courage and strength to continue on in her life.

donvito99 · 17-12-2009 5:40pm

Just noticed that my local Station recently had a flag pole put up, and it was rightly flying at half mast today.

JohnThomas09 · 17-12-2009 5:48pm

RIP Garda McLoughlin.im not if it was you or your brother that I played againist years ago.The family are involved in Sean O'Heslin's GAA.

I hope the culprits are brought to justice.Something has to be done about the suitation in Donegal.

The Black Oil · 21-12-2009 3:28pm

RIP

Corcioch · 23-12-2009 9:05pm

Bit Late Posting I know but . . .

RIP Gary,

Ar Deis De Go Raibh a Anam Dílis

A tragic loss like Gardaí Mc Callion, Tighe, Padden, Mc Intyre, Rice, Harmon, Griffin and all those other Gardai who have lost their lives on our roads in the course of their duty.

miss5 · 24-12-2009 3:52am

R.I.P. thought this was so upsetting when i heard it,
deepest sympathies to gary's family and colleagues

Sully · 25-12-2009 5:41pm

So its Christmas day. A time for us all to reflect on the year gone by, be with our loved ones and relatives and generally have a good time. A day where some of us will be reflecting on sad and happy events of the year gone by.

For some, this Christmas will be a very lonely and sad one. Gary's family, friends and loved ones (especially his girlfriend) will be spending their first Christmas without him. I think we should all take a moment this Christmas to remember Garda McLoughlin and others like him who have died in the line of duty. Its a tough time for any family who have lost a loved one, but especially so for those who knew and loved Gary.

I hope he is resting in peace and I hope his loved ones are doing the best they can during this tough period of their life. Its not going to be easy for them. Spare a quick prayer or thought for them during this time, if you can.

08-01-2010 6:58pm

According to Newstalk at 5:30pm a male was charged with casuing death by dangerous driving today.

Slippin Jimmy · 09-01-2010 4:39am

foreign wrote: »

According to Newstalk at 5:30pm a male was charged with casuing death by dangerous driving today.

I think that is totally unacceptable. It should have been at least manslaughter. Surely Garda Mc Loughlin deserves more than that :mad:.

Terrontress · 16-03-2012 7:39am

The guy who did it has escaped from gaol.

Obviously has no remorse whatsoever. Doesn't believe in serving his sentence, in spite of its undue leniency.

source · 16-03-2012 9:56am

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/massive-manhunt-as-convicted-garda-killer-goes-on-the-run-3052546.html

As above, the scumbag has escaped from his minimum security 'prison'.

Dickerty · 16-03-2012 10:04am

What is going on in this country! A serial offender, in prison for killing a Garda, and he is put in an open prison, where he proceeds to walk free???

Why was he put in Cavan, so he could be close to his family in Donegal? Put him in Castlerea so.

And he gets 7 years for this, while Paul Begley (fruit and veg importer) gets 6 years for tax evasion on importing garlic!!!

Hell in a hand-basket...

Yeboah · 16-03-2012 10:20am

Does this guy have something like 90 plus previous convictions...Even if he had none why was he put in a minimun security prison/hotel...Id sooner he did half his sentence doing proper time but looks like he couldnt even hack Cavan !!!

The_Snapper · 16-03-2012 11:10am

Terrontress wrote: »

The guy who did it has escaped from gaol.

Obviously has no remorse whatsoever. Doesn't believe in serving his sentence, in spite of its undue leniency.

So hopefully, when he is re captured he will be returned to a proper prison and his sentence upped a few more years for escaping, consecutively rather than concurrently.

The_Snapper · 16-03-2012 1:34pm

The_Snapper wrote: »

So hopefully, when he is re captured he will be returned to a proper prison and his sentence upped a few more years for escaping, consecutively rather than concurrently.

Now back in custody

kub · 16-03-2012 2:21pm

So here I am hoping that this scum bag gets transported to the most southern and old fashioned prison in this country. Down to Cork prison, put this scum into a cell designed for 2 scumbags but now housing 4. Then have him experience the lovely art of slopping out.

I really cannot see him managing to escape from that particular premises, but won't it be great to make it difficult for his visitors from Donegal, what is it a 6 hour journey, one way that is.

Now the powers that be should double his sentence.....but then that would be asking too much, wouldn't it?

I still am surprised at the amount of convictions he has had for motoring offences, then does this crime and gets a joke of a sentence.

muffler · 16-03-2012 2:42pm

kub wrote: »

but won't it be great to make it difficult for his visitors from Donegal, what is it a 6 hour journey, one way that is.

Thats a bit harsh considering his family have done nothing wrong.

FGR · 16-03-2012 2:49pm

muffler wrote: »

Thats a bit harsh considering his family have done nothing wrong.

I viewed the post as implying that the offender wouldn't get to see his family as often - hence another punishment for his misdeeds?

source · 16-03-2012 2:54pm

muffler wrote: »

kub wrote: »

but won't it be great to make it difficult for his visitors from Donegal, what is it a 6 hour journey, one way that is.

Thats a bit harsh considering his family have done nothing wrong.

No but he has, and the removal of freedoms is what prison is meant to be about.

muffler · 16-03-2012 2:58pm

ForegoneReality wrote: »

I viewed the post as implying that the offender wouldn't get to see his family as often - hence another punishment for his misdeeds?

The "6 hour journey" referred to wasnt going to be undertaken by the prisoner.

Im sure there are other measures that coud be taken that would put a strain on this guy rather than making his family suffer.

kub · 16-03-2012 3:00pm

muffler wrote: »

Thats a bit harsh considering his family have done nothing wrong.

Perhaps not, but I wonder was he in anyway assisted on his little adventure.

My logic is basically that he will not surely see his visitors as often being that far from home so perhaps this will be more punishment. Infairness some punishment has to be seen to be imposed, otherwise there will be plenty of other prisoners going walkies.

kub · 16-03-2012 3:07pm

muffler wrote: »

The "6 hour journey" referred to wasnt going to be undertaken by the prisoner.

Im sure there are other measures that coud be taken that would put a strain on this guy rather than making his family suffer.

Lets look at this simply so, if that scumbag had not done what he did, then he would not be in prison in the first place, so then his relatives would not need to visit him.

So lets see who is to blame.....ammmmm.....himself.

muffler · 16-03-2012 3:15pm

kub wrote: »

So lets see who is to blame.....ammmmm.....himself.

Thanks for agreeing with my point.

kub · 16-03-2012 3:27pm

muffler wrote: »

Thanks for agreeing with my point.

No bother, as the old saying goes, but not really true in the ROI, do the crime, do the time.

So again, it really won't keep me up worrying at night if some scumbags family have to travel 6 hours to see their loved one. Besides an apple does not fall far from the tree, so, something else is coming to mind.

Anyway I bet that as far as his relatives are concerned he did nothing wrong, wasn't there at the time, the Gardai were out to get him etc, etc.So in their long journey they can also blame the horrible system which they have to put up with because their little Johnny did nothing wrong.

Being honest with you, if I had my way he along with others would be out on some little island off the west coast breaking rocks. But thats just me.

Garda McLoughlin RIP

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