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Tributes to garda who earned bravery medal

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November 12, 2025

Former sergeant was at scene of 1976 IRA ambush

- BY VINNY FANNERAN

Tributes to garda who earned bravery medal

MOURNED Jim Cannon and, right, a Scott Medal

A WIDELY respected retired garda and former GAA star - a man honoured for his bravery in service and immortalised in the official history of his hurling club - has died.

Former Garda Sergeant James (Jim) Cannon, late of Raherneen, Killtullagh, Co Galway, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family at the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore on Monday.

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