Last week, the state funeral of Garda Tony Golden took place in Omeath, Co. Louth, Ireland. He was shot dead the previous Sunday evening whilst responding to a domestic violence incident.
On Sunday afternoon, Garda Golden had taken a statement from Siobhan Phillips regarding a complaint of alleged domestic abuse by her partner Adrian Crevin Macken. Afterwards, Garda Golden accompanied Phillips and her father to her family home. Garda Golden and Phillips entered the house in order to collect some of her personal belongings, whilst her father waited outside. Shortly after hearing gunshots from the house, Phillips’ father immediately contacted the Gardaí by way of 999. Adrian Crevin Macken had shot Garda Golden and Phillips, before turning the gun on himself. Garda Golden died at the scene. Phillips, who received multiple gun shots to her head and body, remains in a critical condition in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.
Speaking at the Mansion House on Monday, Taoiseach Enda Kenny paid tribute to Garda Golden, and extended his sympathy to the Golden family, colleagues, and members of the Garda Siochana:
