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The scene where the body was discovered. Pic: Tony McElhinney
THE 70-year-old man arrested in connection with a suspicious death of another man in Bantry on Friday evening last, has been released without charge.
Gardaí are now preparing a file for the DPP on the man.
Dunlough Bay. Pic: Google
AN Englishman wanted for questioning by UK police in relation to the botched Dunlough Bay drug smuggling operation has been arrested in Portugal.
Lee Dryden form Bermondsey in South East London was arrested on yacht in the Algarve last week when Portuguese police discovered 170kg of cocaine aboard the vessel. [Read more...]
The man was brought to Bandon Garda Station. Pic: Google
A MEMBER of a Cork Town Council has been arrested on suspicion of making a fraudulent expenses claim. [Read more...]
Dunlough Bay. Pic: Google
A MAN suspected of masterminding the attempted drug smuggling operation foiled at Dunlough Bay in 2007 has been arrested in London.
The €500m worth of cocaine seized off of the West Cork Coast remains the biggest in the history of the State.
Ivor Callely
FORMER Fianna Fáil TD and senator Ivor Callely has been arrested by gardaí from the fraud squad in connection with allegations relating to alleged false invoices for mobile phone expenses.
He was arrested in Dublin and taken to Irishtown Garda Station where he is being held under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act.
The man was arrested.
A MAN has been arrested in Courtmacsherry after barricading himself into a house with a knife.
The alarm was raised when the man’s partner fled the house with her children and contacted gardaí.
The yacht Dances with Waves
AN Englishman has been arrested in Blackpool in the UK in connection with the 2008 capture of €400m cocaine smuggling boat Dances with Waves 170 miles off the West Cork Coast.
The UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) arrested John Alan Brooks (60) who was visiting relatives in the Marton area of the town at the time.
Mr Brooks is originally from Blackpool but has been living in Benahavis near Marbella in Spain.
The man was taken to Bandon Garda Station
GARDAÍ in Macroom investigating the death of 42-year-old Don Geasley last month have arrested and charged a 30-year-old male.
The man was arrested this morning and taken to Bandon Garda Station where he is being detained under the provisions of section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
He is due to appear at Bantry District Court tomorrow.
Mr Geasley’s body was discovered by his landlord at his rented house in Lower Masseytown, Macroom on the morning of Thursday, September 15th last.
Lower Masseytown
THE 30-year-old man who had been detained in connection with the death of Don Geasley at his rented house in Masseytown, Macroom earlier this week has been released without charge.
The man was arrested under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 and brought for questioning to Bandon Garda Station.
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