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THE GARDA WHO found Elaine O’Hara’s keys in Vartry reservoir has said that any garda would have done exactly as he did.
Garda James O’Donoghue visited the reservoir the day after angler Willie Fegan found clothing, handcuffs, shackles and a number of other adult items in the water.
Garda O’Donoghue went down to the reservoir three times over the next five days in September 2013.
His first two visits yielded no success. On the third day though, better weather conditions allowed him spot the keys in the water.
He entered the reservoir and retrieved the keys. Attached to them was a Dunnes Stores loyalty card. O’Donoghue brought that to the retailer.
The next day, they returned with the name Elaine O’Hara, a name matching the childcare worker who’d been missing for a year.
“I contacted my supervisors to inform them of my find. I would like to say of the find that the nature of the items meant that any garda who came into the possession of these items would have acted in the same manner.”
Gardaí who investigated O’Hara’s murder described their work as “meticulous, extensive and co-coordinated”.
The 45-day trial of the 41-year-old architect heard often gruesome evidence of communication between the victim and the man who killed her.
Text messages between the two demonstrated a relationship that was sexual in nature and was marked by manipulation of O’Hara by Dwyer.
The investigation in numbers
Superintendent John Hand of Blackrock Garda Station:
Chief Superindent Diarmuid O’Sullivan says today’s conviction “marks a significant step for the family in coming to terms with Elaine’s death”.
Detective Superintendent says that An Garda Síochána’s technology and communication teams were vital to the conviction of Graham Dwyer.
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what a joke the HSE is! paying you sick pay will you work? children’s allowance for kids overage? makes my stomach turn. I know of a community welfare officer (who deals with rent allowance) rents a house out without reg with prtb or the tax man. of course I reported her ass to relevant authorities! just indicative of the system, rife with double standards and misuse of public funds??!! all this on top of the fact people dying on hospital beds, those responsible should be sacked straight away, no pussy around. I said it before you need someone from a business background to run the HSE, Michael smurfit or fergal Quinn
” The figures come at a time when the taxpayer is still paying 100,000 every week on the failed Personnel, Payroll and Related Systems software.” disgraceful.
Good news about DELL and 100 new jobs. It will only take 37 years to get the rest of ex DELL employees back to work.
what leaves me totally astonished that it is so obvious that some people can not make ends meet and they pay these sums to people who dont even deserve it…. NO EMPATHY at all, for gods sake where have we landed? Money is evil it makes us so dependent on it!!! Thats whats the crisis is for!!!
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