Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan addressing the media in Dundalk this afternoon
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan today warned Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe’s killers to “keep looking over your shoulder”.
The anniversary of the father of two’s killing at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan takes place tomorrow and despite no one having been brought to justice as yet, gardaí are confident of making arrests soon.
They are confident they have identified the gang responsible for the armed robbery on January 25th 2013, with the Garda Commissioner telling a press briefing in Dundalk this afternoon that Garda Donohoe’s killers would be brought to justice.
He insisted it is not too late for anyone with information on the killing or the perpetrators to come forward and speak to gardaí confidentially, adding “we will protect you.”
He said: “At this time, I would like to appeal to anyone with information on Adrian’s murder to come forward and assist our enquiries. There are people out there who are shielding the killers and it is not too late for them to do the right thing and tell us what they know.”
Commissioner Callinan also revealed that the investigating team had so far studied 400,000 hours of CCTV footage, taken 2,100 statements and gathered 1,200 items of evidence in their investigation.
The Garda Commissioner and Justice Minister Alan Shatter are expected to attend Garda Donohoe’s anniversary Mass in St Joseph’s Redemptorist Church tonight.
Mr Callinan said the murder of Det Garda Donohoe “had a profound impact not only on his colleagues in Dundalk, but also on the wider An Garda Síochána family.
“It had an impact not only on the lives of those he positively affected in Co Louth through his work, or through his involvement with the GAA community, but also country wide.
“Most importantly, his senseless, cold-blooded murder led to the bereavement of Caroline and their two children.”
Anyone with information in relation to the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe can phone in confidence the incident room in Dundalk Garda Station at 042 938 84 70 or the Garda Confidential Number at 1800 666 111.
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