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Updated 9.45pm
TWO RECENT DUBLIN mysteries featured on tonight’s Crimecall programme on RTÉ.
The family of Tom Kennedy will be in studio to issue another appeal for information about the missing man.
Last month, gardaí widened the search to Baldoyle because of a possible sighting.
On 20 August, there was a report of a possible sighting of Tommy from the time he went missing on 29 July from a taxi man who had just returned from holiday. He remembers a man, matching Tommy’s description, hailing a taxi on Liam Meadows Road in the early hours of 30 July.
CCTV images of the 81 year old in the days before his disappearance will be shown and gardaí will give an update on his disappearance.
Tommy was last seen putting out the bins at his family home in Virgina Park, Finglas at about 9.20pm.
When his grandson came home later that evening, he raised the alarm. Gardaí, Civil Defence and the local community have continued the search for the pensioner every night since but to no avail.
Body parts
The mystery of the dismembered body parts found in Ballyfermot in July will also be featured in tonight’s programme.
On the night of 31 July, human remains were found at a recycling plant at Killeen Road and almost two months on, gardaí are still trying to identify the victim.
Investigators have sifted through about 1,000 tonnes of waste at the plant, finding further remains in the search.
Detective Inspector Colm O’Malley will be in studio tonight to make a fresh appeal for information.
At the time of the grim discovery, gardaí said they had about 300 lines of inquiry open. Gardaí are also liaising with Interpol and the missing person bureau as part of their investigations.
The investigation team at Ballyfermot Garda Station is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the remains, and also to identify the location where the remains were disposed of into a skip.
The gardaí are now pursuing lines of inquiry relating to the presence of red franking ink ribbon (above), and acetic acid on the remains.
The ink ribbon is that used in a SM 26 Franking Machine. The remnants of a spool of this ink ribbon were found amongst other material adjacent to the remains, gardaí said.
They said that the post-mortem determined that the human remains are contaminated with acetic acid.
Gardaí explained:
This chemical is widely used domestically as in vinegar and food preservatives, and industrially as in textile printing, dyes, photographic chemicals, pesticides, rubber and plastics. Acetic acid is a toxic chemical with a pungent smell.
Garda are appealing to :
Anyone concerned should contact Ballyfermot Garda Station at 01-6667200 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
Reconstructions
The show will also feature two reconstructions. One of the movements of Paul Gallagher before he was shot a number of times in July. His body was found in a field in Ballymacan, county Meath.
He is survived by his three-year-old son.
The second reconstruction will examine events of the August Bank Holiday Weekend at the Shamrock Lodge pub in Finglas.
At 6.15am on 4 August, two armed raiders pretending to be from the gas company told a member of staff they were there to deal with an emergency.
They threatened the member of staff, forced their way onto the premises and forced him to show them where the keys were kept. Using the keys, they let three more members of the gang into the property.
The employee was tied up and left in the safe room. The robbers got away in a van with cash, cigarettes and alcohol.
First published 7.15am
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Would gladly take a pay rise thanks very much. That way i can afford funnier friends
It’s all about work life balance for me.
I’ve worked shift work all my working life which includes nights and earlys and weekends included.Last year took on a project in work that meant i only worked days for 6 months ,tuesdays to fridays and no weekends.I dropped a considerable amount of money due to loss of shift pay but it was the best 6 months i’ve spent working in my life due to the weekends off ,no nights and sociable hours.I would gladly take a pay cut to work it permanently but in my line of work its not feasable.Theres way more important things to a job than money for sure
+1 million
Took a decent pay cut in recent years but now work a 3 day week most weeks and non anti social hours. Wouldlnt go back to the old way even if I was offered double my salary, work is a means to an end
….says anyone that’s getting a nice wage in the first place!
BS! I’d work with satan himself if I could have a pay rise!
Wait… I already do…
So when does the Landsdown Road pay restoration kick in? Ta
Getting paid more is far more desirable than office fun.
Sounds like a survey commissioned to discourage pay rises in place of bean bags and space invader machines.
Thanks the reason that the government gave themselves a pay rise is because they don’t have any craic in their work place
Obviously those surveyed are on good money, for most though a pay rise would be the preferred choice, its ridiculous to say the craic is more important than a proper wage.
Having the so called Craic can be sexual harassment, bullying, gossip mongering and depends who is doing it sociopaths or psychopaths…
The term craic can mean so many things to so many people including racism?
*crack
“Craic” drives me mad too. Or maybe it’s just that I’m no crack.
I highly doubt they’re saying that crack cocaine is better than craic with people!
Might make the day pass faster though! A bit of crack to help deal with the craic!
It’s not an Irish word. It has an unusual history; The English ”crack”was borrowed into Irish as craic in the mid-20th century and the Irish spelling was then reborrowed into English.
It may not be As Gaeilge but craic is an Irish word.
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