At 9:30pm on the 25th January 2013 Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and his colleague Detective Garda Joe Ryan entered the car park of the Lordship Credit Union, Dundalk, Co Louth on a routine cash escort. A dark coloured car entered the car park with up to four people inside it. One person got out of this car and fired a shot fatally injuring Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.