Tipperary Garda Superintendent to be awarded posthumous bravery award

A posthumous bravery award will be awarded to a Tipperary Garda Superintendent, who was shot dead almost 100 years ago.

John Curtin was on duty at Golden Garda Station on March 21, 1931 when he was ambushed by gunmen.

The superintendent was shot several times, and fatally wounded, just outside his home.

Despite having been threatened months before, Mr Curtin was carrying out his duties - and was unarmed. 

Superintendent Curtin will be posthumously awarded the Gold Scott Medal by the Garda Commissioner in a ceremony in Dublin this Monday.

The medal is bestowed by the Commissioner and is awarded for 'most exceptional bravery and heroism involving the risk of life in the execution of duty'.