Ireland Crime

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Victim

Offences

Murder (shooting)

Where

Co. Louth

Reporting

1 report, 24 Jun 2025 to 24 Jun 2025

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irishmirror.ie

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• Ardee Garda murder remembered on 40th anniversary Murder (shooting) · Co. Louth

  On 27 June 1985, two men ambushed the manager at the Labour Exchange in Ardee, Co Louth, and stole £25,000 in cash. Garda Sergeant Patrick Morrissey, from Belturbet, Co Cavan, pursued the robbers on foot and was first wounded by a gunshot before Michael McHugh approached the unarmed sergeant and shot him in the head. McHugh was identified as the gunman. On the 40th anniversary in 2025, a memorial mass is planned at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Belturbet, and a quilt panel by the South East Fermanagh Foundation honours Morrissey.

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1. 24 Jun2025
   Otheririshmirror.ie, in Ardee Garda murder remembered on 40th anniversary

   Garda PJ Morrissey remembered 40 years after he was gunned down on service

   victim, Patrick Morrissey, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Morrissey♂IE

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