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5
· recorded since 09/2026
Last duty station
Henry Street, Limerick
Years of service
31
Partner
wife
Children
5
Cause of death
shot
Date of death
07/06/1996
THE STORY
Circumstances of death
On June 7, 1996, Detective Garda McCabe and a colleague were escorting a postal service truck on cash delivery duty in Adare, Co. Limerick. Shortly before 7 a.m., the truck stopped in Adare and the patrol car stopped nearby. As the truck driver was unloading the mail, a makeshift IRA unit in a jeep plowed into the rear of the patrol car at full speed. Within seconds, five other gang members arrived on the scene in another vehicle and opened fire on the patrol car, killing Detective Garda McCabe and seriously injuring Detective Garda O'Sullivan.
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