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# Cold Case

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# Richard Flynn
RTÉ Investigates reveals new evidence into 1985 death of Fr Niall Molloy
A law lecturer told the programme that Flynn may have been convicted for the death if his psychiatric assessment was available to the prosecution
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Oct 11th 2022, 6:00 AM
# Cold Case
Body washed ashore in Scotland in 2006 may have come from Dublin Bay
The Scottish Cold Case Unit at Glasgow Caledonian University have used facial reconstruction and tidal flows to try and solve the mystery.
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Sep 6th 2022, 11:20 AM
# deirdre jacob
Deirdre Jacob: Commissioner says Gardaí will ‘take stock’ after DPP decide against prosecution
Deirdre Jacob was 18 years old when she disappeared near her home in Newbridge in Co Kildare in July 1998.
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Jul 25th 2022, 4:06 PM
# case review
The du Plantier murder review: Inside a garda cold case investigation
The Serious Crime Review Team was set up in 2007 to find answers to long unsolved murders.
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Jun 30th 2022, 8:30 AM
# Martin Conmey
Garda Commissioner issues written apology to man wrongly convicted of 1971 killing of Una Lynskey
19-year-old Una Lynskey was killed near her home in Co Meath in 1971.
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Jan 10th 2022, 8:51 PM
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# crimecall
Gardaí make appeal to identify man found dead in Meath 30 years ago
A sketch of the deceased man and new forensic evidence is hoped to identify the man who was found dead in 1991.
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Nov 22nd 2021, 7:30 PM
# Sarah Benford
Dig to begin in England in search for teenage girl who disappeared 21 years ago
Sarah Benford was last seen in the Kettering area of Northamptonshire on 6 April 2000.
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Nov 15th 2021, 3:21 PM
# Cold Case
Gardaí renew witness appeal into 2007 Gussie Hornibrook murder
The body of Gussie Hornibrook was discovered at his home in Templeacre Avenue, Gurranabraher, Cork city on November 6, 2007
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Nov 5th 2021, 2:51 PM
# baby noleen murphy
Gardaí issue appeal for information over murder of baby found dead in Dun Laoghaire in 1973
A 2007 inquest identified Cynthia Owen as the mother of baby Noleen Murphy.
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Oct 15th 2020, 12:24 PM
# seamus ludlow
Taoiseach backs investigation into loyalist murder of Louth man
Seamus Ludlow was killed on his way home from a pub in Dundalk in 1976.
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Sep 23rd 2020, 10:00 PM
# Cold Case
FactCheck: Can a common cold cause a positive Covid-19 test?
A claim that started in the US, which suggests that a case of cold or flu, or a previous vaccine against them, can give a positive Covid-19 test result, has reached Ireland.
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Jul 24th 2020, 4:17 PM
# Cold Case
Calls for new forensic photos of Amy Fitzpatrick who has been missing for 11 years
Amy went missing in January 2008.
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Oct 27th 2019, 10:00 PM
# Cold Case
Potential breakthrough in 35-year-old case as man arrested over murder of Marie Tierney
The mother-of-two’s body was discovered two months after she went missing in 1984.
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Jun 26th 2019, 10:50 AM
# Cold Case
'We still want answers': Gussie Shanahan's family ask man who rang his father about case to come forward
The 20 year-old went missing in Limerick in 2000.
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May 13th 2019, 8:45 PM
# chris dawson
Arrest in Australian cold case made famous by 'Teacher's Pet' podcast
The body of Lynette Dawson has never been recovered.
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Dec 5th 2018, 8:33 AM
# Cold Case
Man arrested in Spain over killing of 11-year-old Dutch boy in 1998
Nick Verstappen went missing from a summer camp in August 1998 and was later found dead.
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Aug 27th 2018, 8:31 AM
# Cold Case
'Adds insult to injury': Gsoc highly critical of gardaí for losing files in Fr Niall Molloy probe
Gsoc has published a scathing report into deficiencies in the investigation files into the priest’s murder.
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Jul 9th 2018, 5:48 PM
# jeffrey hannan
Cold case appeal for information on brutal murder of Limerick teen in 2007
19-year-old Jeffrey Hannan was murdered in violent circumstances on 22 November 2007.
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Jun 13th 2018, 1:52 PM
# mark nash
Grangegorman murders: Serial killer's appeal against his conviction is rejected
Nash was found guilty in 2015 of murdering the two women, whose mutilated bodies were found in sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman 21 years ago.
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May 8th 2018, 5:15 PM
# Cold Case
Ian Bailey appeals French decision to charge him over murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
Bailey has denied any involvement in the killing of the French film producer in 1996.
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Apr 17th 2018, 3:31 PM
# cahersiveen
There is more than one apology due over the abysmal Kerry Babies saga
But one is all we’re likely to get.
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Jan 17th 2018, 12:10 AM
# Cold Case
Former RFU director Rob Andrew heaps World Cup blame on Lancaster in his new book
Andrew claims Lancaster was ‘dictatorial’ in the build-up to the tournament.
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Oct 9th 2017, 2:42 PM
# Supreme Court
Minister for Justice is 'insulting Irish courts' in Ian Bailey extradition case, lawyers say
French authorities are seeking the extradition of Bailey to face charges relating to the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
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May 31st 2017, 1:55 PM
# Kilkenny
Man gets life sentence 30 years after murdering a pensioner and setting her home on fire
John Joseph Malone murdered 69-year-old Ann ‘Nancy’ Smyth in 1987.
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Apr 13th 2017, 6:03 PM
# Exonerated
'They think I'm a monster': US court rules Belfast-born man innocent of killing child in 1957
Jack McCullough was convicted of the murder of Maria Ridulph in 2012.
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Apr 13th 2017, 10:51 AM
# Cold Case
Witnesses, DNA and a murderer's own guilt: From unsolved homicide to case closed
The garda serious crime review team is tasked with examining cold cases, but how does our system compare with other jurisdictions?
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Apr 13th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Cold Case
The unsolved case of Felix McCann: Savagely beaten to death in a south Dublin shed
What happens when nobody advocates for the victim?
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Apr 12th 2017, 12:05 AM
# cold cases
'What did she go through?': The unsolved murder of a young Clare woman
Interpol is involved in the worldwide investigation into the death of Emer O’Loughlin.
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Apr 11th 2017, 8:30 PM
# cold cases
Jim Mulqueen: A 'lovely, educated' man murdered in his own home at 92
The elderly man, who is fondly remembered by his community, was murdered during a suspected break-in.
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Apr 11th 2017, 12:05 AM
# cold cases
Dessie Fox: The violent killing of an 'incredible family man'
As part of this week’s Getting Away With Murder Series, we go back to 1990 and the killing of a father-of-three in Kildare.
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Apr 10th 2017, 8:30 PM
# john joseph malone
Member of bible study group strangled a widowed pensioner and set fire to her home, court hears
John Joseph Malone is charged with murdering 69-year-old Ann (Nancy) Smyth on 11 September 1987.
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Mar 22nd 2017, 1:53 PM
# cold cases
Meet the woman who solves US murders decades after they have taken place
Dr Erin Kimmerle is considered to be one of America’s best forensic anthropologists.
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Mar 11th 2017, 7:00 PM
# Wexford
Fresh appeal for information on Fiona Sinnott case 19 years after her disappearance
Gardaí switched the case to a murder inquiry in 2005.
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Feb 27th 2017, 10:34 AM
# Etan Patz
New York jury finds man guilty of killing six-year-old boy in 1979
Etan Patz was walking to school on his own for the first time when he disappeared in May 1979.
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Feb 14th 2017, 8:43 PM
# Limerick
Gussie Shanahan's disappearance: Gardaí ask for help with 17-year-old cold case
Aengus ‘Gussie’ Shanahan, the youngest in a family of four, has been missing since February 2000.
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Feb 7th 2017, 7:46 PM
# bill medley
Police solve 40-year-old murder case of ex-wife of Righteous Brothers singer
A controversial DNA technique known as familial DNA was used to identify the killer.
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Jan 31st 2017, 1:10 PM
# crimecall
'A brutal and frenzied attack': New appeal into 1982 murder of Late Late Show set designer
A friend of Charlie Self’s appealed for those with information to come forward.
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Jan 24th 2017, 5:28 PM
# Cold Case
The unsolved murder of Michael Gallagher, stabbed to death in his kitchen, is a decade old
Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for information.
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Jan 18th 2017, 6:04 AM
# charles brooke pickard
Man in his 60s released without charge in 1991 disappearance case
On 26 April 1991, Charles Brooke Pickard was bundled into his own van by a group of masked men.
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Dec 30th 2016, 7:16 PM
# charles brook pickard
Man in his 60s arrested in connection with disappearance in Kerry over 25 years ago
Charles Brooke Pickard was bundled into the back of his own van in April 1991, and hasn’t been seen since.
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