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Supt Tony Healy urged members of the public who may have even a small bit of information to come forward to Gardai who are investigating the suspected murder of Joe Deacy in Swinford last weekend. Supt Healy told the Mayo Advertiser yesterday afternoon: "Any little bit of information that people have can make a huge difference in an investigation." Speaking about the response from the public to date he said: "It's been really good, we are working through those and looking at CCTV footage and other things to progress the investigation."

A man has been charged in Australia with the murder of the daughter of a Westport man, almost two decades after her death.

A 38-year-old man charged with the manslaughter of popular publican and teacher John Kenny is to be brought before Galway Circuit Criminal Court this morning after being extradited back to Ireland to face trial.

A 22-year-old man was this week sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother at their Islandeady home while he was high on drugs. Celyn Eadon stabbed Nóirín Kelly 19 times on March 9, 2011 and she died at the scene.

The woman charged in connection with the unlawful death of Lillian (Lily) Scanlon at her home in Valley Court, Athlone over two years ago, was served with a book of evidence in the District Court this week (October 13) and given a date for trial on November 30.

An eight-months-pregnant Galway woman who stabbed her neighbour to death in a row over a puppy has been jailed for nine years at the Central Criminal Court.

The repeated violent behaviour of a man, once convicted of manslaughter, was a cause of great concern for a district court judge this week.