UPDATE: Road Reopened: Sligo murder probe: Post mortem to be carried out today
Gardai continue with a murder investigation today. It follows the discovery of the body of a young man in a house in Connolly Street yesterday afternoon. Another man was arrested soon after, and held for questioning at Ballymote Garda Station. The 19-year old man discovered dead in a house in…
Sligo Gardaí launch investigation after body found
Gardai in Sligo are investigating the death of a 20-year old man in the town. The young man’s body was discovered after gardai were called to an apartment in Connolly Street at about 1:20this afternoon. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The office of the State Pathologist has been notified.…
10 year old murder case reopens in Co. Donegal
A ten year old murder case has been reopened in Donegal. 27 year old Andrew Burns was shot and killed at Donnyloop in Castlefin on the 12th of February 2008. One person has been convicted of the murder but Gardai belive a number of people may have been involved. Gail…
Retrial date set in Sligo murder case
A 30-year old Sligoman is to be tried again for the murder of a musician from the town in August 2015. The second trial at the Central Criminal Court is expected to take place late next year in the case of Keith Brady, Cartron Estate, Sligo, who’s accused of murdering…
Sligo murder trial hears how Matt Kivlehan died
A Sligo murder trial has heard it could have taken a few minutes for the alleged victim to die from two stab wounds to the neck. The Deputy State Pathologist was giving evidence in the trial of Keith Brady of Cartron Estate in Sligo who’s accused of murdering a local…
19 years after elderly man’s murder, Gardai renew appeal for information
Gardai are launching a new appeal for any information that might help them in their investigation into the murder 19 years ago this week of 83-year old South Sligo man Edward Fitzmaurice. His body was found on May 6th 1998, having been assaulted, tied up, gagged and left to die…
Two men plead not guilty to Donegal murder
Two Polish men have pleaded NOT guilty to the murder of a fellow Polish man in Co. Donegal. The body of Bogdan Michalkiewicz was found at his apartment in Letterkenny on May 15th 2013. It’s believed he was killed a few days beforehand. Krystof Grzegorski of Hazelbrook Park, Letterkenny pleaded…