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HUMAN REMAINS HAVE been discovered by gardaí during a search at a site in Co Monaghan as part of an ongoing investigation into the death of James Nolan.
The discovery was made at Lough Na Glack near Carrickmacross. Searches at the site have been ongoing since Tuesday. The local coroner and the state pathologist have been notified.
The remains have yet to be identified and enquires are ongoing. Searches at the site are continuing and no further information is available at this time.
As part of the investigation, human remains were previously found in Tolka Valley Park in Dublin.
Nolan, 46, of Fairlawn Road in Finglas, had not been seen since his release from prison in 2010 after serving a term for burglary.
In February 2011, a human arm discovered on Dollymount Beach in Dublin was identified through DNA testing as that of the convicted criminal.
In 1986, Nolan was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his part in the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman.
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Save the money to spend it later on coffins and a new crematorium in every town.
When I hear of places like Airside retail park being absolutely jammed yesterday and other retail parks reporting the same.
Dublin city full of people out walking around as though they are too important for the virus to infect.
People are as thick .
@Justice Mickey: It’s frustrating as hell
@JusticeForJoe: when someone dies from a road traffic accident or a murder or anything horrific they seem to throw up a picture and give the name of the deceased, but with the virus they just give a number. I think it’s time that we start seeing the people who are dying from this thing and make it more real for anyone who thinks it’s OK to herd in groups on the streets and in the parks. Maybe if you see the possible result of your behaviour it might give more responsibility. Obviously with the consent of the deceased family. RIP
@Jeremiah A Craic:
I genuinely don’t think even that would have any effect on these idiots.
These selfish people will be the first ones on social media lamenting the loss of a parent or child and blame everyone else.
Personally I couldn’t care less if these people live or die but it’s the innocent people they infect I feel sorry for.
@Jeremiah A Craic: good idea but would cost families privacy when they want it most. Hate the way it’s purely east and underlying problems. Like it makes it ok. Old and hampered people are still people. Good point though
@Justice Mickey: This world is coming to an end soon if you think about it. May God grant us all to paradise.
They have been warned about this virus since January. Did they think the Chinese were building hospitals (in a week) for the craic!! Now our doctors and nurses are been told to wash their face masks in a 70 degree wash because they didn’t have the foresight to order earlier. Sorry don’t mean to rant I’m just so upset.
@Tinky Taylor: the Chinese didn’t build a hospital in a week. They finished off an existing project.
@Hundredth Idiot: Also it was a death trap. The footage from inside was shocking. It was thrown together and nothing like the standard any European country would accept.
@Hundredth Idiot: https://youtu.be/7VvV10S4QSw
They did it in 10 days actually.
@Hundredth Idiot: thanks fir that information
@Hundredth Idiot: Way to go totally off topic
@Tinky Taylor: Another fake account mouthing off – Joined February 2020.
If back in January, they spent millions on preparation then you would be on here giving out about the “waste”.
Our death rate per infected is one of the lowest. The only way we can protect the front line workers and the vulnerable is by staying at home and practising social distancing.
@Jim Buckley Barrett: Our mortality rate is one of the lower once due to amount of infections at the moment and the availability of health care.
Once the amount of infections go up and we run out of ICU beds this will change.
If you look at Italy where it is nearly 10% it’s going to be hard.
Even Germany says their current 0.5% (extensive testing, isolation and quality health care) is low because they still have capacity but that is nearly running out.
@Jim Buckley Barrett: There is no reason to be rude, you are the type that give comments sections a bad name. I may be a new account but I am not a fake account. And I certainly would never give out about monies paid in our health service. So please try to not put me in your type of mindset.
@Jim Buckley Barrett: our infected rate is the 17th highest in the world , and we are and island nation
Maybe if we controlled our border and stopped Italian flights and policed self isolation for international arrivals (all measure other countries taking) we would be better off
@Sk19: source please.
@Joe: Hi Joe, he’s right. It’s on worldometers coronavirus. Sorry I’d send you the link but I don’t see a button here to do that. You could google it
@Tinky Taylor: thanks I actually found it. And yeah by my count 19th, still surprisingly high and depends what you class as a country so could be 17th!
@Tinky Taylor: Welcome to the Journal comments section. Best to grow a hard skin now, and learn to ignore.
@Jim Buckley Barrett: If the political parties had actually made forming a government a priority as they should have, we would be better off now – no point in attacking posters for political failure
@Tinky Taylor: the Chinese weren’t manufacturing them in large numbers in January February due to lock down and those that were available were being stockpiled in China for obvious reasons.
@Hundredth Idiot: which they had planned because they KNEW all about this in advance
@Hundredth Idiot: a pre planned project is right, €260 million to HSE on PPE equipment arriving this weekend from “China” that’s just Ireland.. They’ve sown up the world markets including the stock exchange while in containment status as the beast runs wild
17th in the world for cases per million of people (aside from the abnormal stars such as Vatican City)
How does an island get that high up the list ?
By not controlling the borders , stopping Italian flights from have epic centre and no self isolation by law for those returning from abroad (Cheltenham)
And people are praising the government
@Sk19: Leo and Simon don’t spout about stuff like this. They were hoping we wouldn’t notice.
@james dimaggio: we are a disgrace , most other country controlling their borders , and we continuing with flights directly from the Italian epic centre
And people thinking they doing a good job,
Let’s revisit that , we are an island which is a distinct advantage , and we are 17th in the world for cases per capita , how can people not see that
@Sk19: that’s because we are testing more per head of population than most countries. That’s a good thing. Most countries like US have loads of infections but poor testing. We are keeping deaths to a small amount so far. Look at our death per population compared to UK and even NI. Hopefully we can maintain that.
@Sk19: Here’s a hint, economically, large portions of Ireland were doing really well financially and went to Italy to ski and Spain for a bit of sun (campaigning SF TDs included, remember that, simpler times). Also, Ireland is near the top of these lists because we’re testing more aggressively than elsewhere, so claiming we have high cases per capita isn’t accurate.
@Ciarán Ó Fallúin: Testing more aggressively? Would love to know how many thousands of tests were cancelled last Wednesday morning when criteria was changed…mine included. The numbers they are giving are way off the reality
The tests done from Wednesday wouldn’t have gone through the system yet.
The chickens have well and truly cane gone to roost. The sick and elderly haven’t got a chance. A dithering set of propaganda artists telling us we’re doing well, and how grateful they are for our obedience, and if we all tried just a little bit harder, we can get through this. Pathetic.
It’s time to put myself and my family in total lockdown. Waiting for decisive action from whoever has the power to take decisive action, whilst at the same time arguing about who becomes Prime Minister isn’t going to help. It’s disgusting.
@james dimaggio: Prime Minister??
@james dimaggio: wait, your taking personal responsibility? Well done. Like many of us have already.
@Paul: You’re not your. Of course I’m taking personal responsibility. Like as you say “Many of us are already” That’s the exact problem. Many of us isn’t enough. As long as some people think they’re bombproof, and continue to do what they’re doing, because they aren’t being forced to change their ways, this thing will just keep spreading and spreading. We’re only days away from running out of ICU beds. I dread to think how that will turn out.
@james dimaggio: the propaganda is working for them though. Most people you speak to seem to think we’re world leaders when it comes to testing and the Govt are playing a blinder. There’s very little push back against a FF/FG Govt now. If you look being the mainstream media though you can see a system in crisis with not even enough basic equipment to get by while any doctors or nurses who speak out are actively threatened.
@Derdaly: I can’t spell Taoiseach . Sorry
@james dimaggio: go away bot
@james foley: Not sure what you mean James?
@james dimaggio: such an obvious bot.
@The Guru: we are na island nation and 17th in the world per capita for cases
Jokeshop
Simple
Border control and it would be much better , direct flights from the epicentre in Italy , you couldn’t make it up
@The Guru:
…”while any doctors or nurses who speak out are actively threatened’.
By whom? Have you got a link to any of these incidents?
@james dimaggio: SF cllrs are encouraging people to defy restrictions and visibly be seen congregating in public. Sf HQ is panicking over all rhe recent positivity arounf FFG for their proactive and constant correct predictions, so have reverted to norm. What would you expect from a party who’s members are either ex-cons or just uneducated thugs.
@james dimaggio: oh fhck off.
@james dimaggio:
Taoiseach is Irish for Prime Minister
We speak English so no need to apologise
@Derdaly:
Stop trolling
All these same people are walking around in plastic gloves that are stuck to their hands from constant use and probably covered in all sorts of bacteria and viruses thinking they are managing the virus fine and protected .For starters they need to get washing their hands not stuffing them in to gloves that are worn in cars then in to shops but that takes thought and energy and intent so the gloves are the lazy option and a lot of people it seems don’t like water and soap . I won’t let anyone on a check out till touch my food in gloves to scan my food and I ask to scan my own out . Leave the gloves in healthcare and wash your hands before you eat, touch your face and before you go in or out of your house . Please .Thats hand hygiene not gloving up .
@mary o dwyer: check out operators cant feasibly wash their hands after every customer. So whether they have gloves or bare hands, its the same amount of contamination on your shopping. Could be less if they change their gloves more frequently than they have opportunities to get to a sink. Personally, I put gloves on when I leave my car, do my shop and pop them in the bin after I return my trolley. I have hand santiser in the car for my return and then wash my hands in the sink as soon as I get back home. Gloves can play a part.
@mary o dwyer: Absolutely……gloves only effective if you remove them and dispose of them after every single item you touch.
@mary o dwyer: yep glove wearers are idiots! They will actually make the problem worse!
@mary o dwyer: I agree with gloves not being any use as protection. They do however, make you touch your face less. Don’t assume anyone wearing gloves is doing it to protect you – they are doing it to protect themselves, as they should do.
@mary o dwyer: ,Agree Mary 100%
@mary o dwyer: Really… ?
Those behind the till are at a lot greater risk than you are as a single customer and the tone of your message does not suggest respect or consideration for shop and till workers… “I won’t let anyone on a check out till touch…” does not show appreciation. I suppose when you get to hospital you would not let any nurse or doctor near you with gloves too … that is the implication of your comment.. of course there are some shops where you can scan your own produce so I assume you are limiting your shopping to them – and are you washing the boxes and cartons and bags your food came in as someone had to handle them to put them on the self… sometimes we just jump in without thinking of the consequences…
@jzT: Do you wipe down every item you’ve purchased and touched with those gloves? Because if you don’t then the gloves are completely useless
There is a case for shutting down all comments for a period. Too much ranting and misinformation, scaremongering and point scoring. Second guessing experts and pontificating from a base of ignorance.
@David Glynn: there is an obvious proliferation of troll accounts. New accounts linked to new Twitter profiles with zero activity. The journal needs to police this .
@David Glynn: Correct thing to to.
@David Glynn: Why would you want that to happen? You’re the very one who’s been ranting and raving about Ryanair here for the past few days. Expressing your anger and frustration. I must admit I did get a bit bored with it all, but I do understand what you were going through! Other people are angry and frustrated by the way the Government are handling this crisis. Yet you’re advocating they shouldn’t be allowed to. That makes no sense and reeks of hypocrisy. People are genuinely scared and angry. The journal is their only way of venting these emotions for lots of people. It’s not like we can march on Leinster house after all. If you don’t like what people are saying, then don’t listen. Ireland thankfully isn’t a Totalitarian regime David. Free speech still exists.
@james dimaggio: There is a case. THAT’S ALL I SAID.
Calm down.
On balance, I would leave it open.
But more policing. Quick deletion of disrespectful mehole naming for example.
As for Ryanair. Problem solved. Type reservation number in lower-case but they have changed that to another block
@David Glynn: Delighted you got sorted David. God loves a trier. My apologies if I seemed a bit over dramatic, however I really am starting to get very angry and scared with the lack of real action and the audacity of politicians using this crisis as an excuse to form a Government no one voted for. The men in charge now need to step up and show they’re not afraid to make unpopular decisions. We can worry about forming a new Government when the right time comes along. Man up Leo. There’s a helluva lot of people depending on you.
@james dimaggio: Well I think we do need a new Govt now. If it doesn’t happen then representatives of all parties and independents should join in for say six months with leaders as Ministers.
@David Glynn: No more grease for the wheel from the budget, nobody wants free houses they just want to be able to afford rent. This government has an agenda fed from Europe to disallow people to own property by making sure they pay huge rents which is disabling the renter from saving for a mortgage as they privatise the real estate market as to scope. Look past LV who’s their poster boy at them. LV and MM are an out and out discrace to the people of Ireland and anyone who supports them either has vested interests or are just down right silly
Goodbye civil liberties…
@Boromir: and hello to surviving and less people getting the virus.
@Kev: All well and good aslong as liberties are restored but governments around the world dont have a great track record of doing that.
@Boromir: civil liberties are of no use to you when you are dead. Also, endangering the lives of others is not a civil liberty.
@Boromir: This world is coming to an end soon if you think about it. May God grant us all to paradise.
Yesterday local council workers cut the trees in my estate with the usual tea huddle.
Plus being approached by people for a chat with less than 2 meters distance.
Its time to enact some common sense measurements like in France when it comes to how is allowed to leave the house.
People really don’t understand the scope of this and when someone puts realistic forecast figures out about the infection rate and possible death count in Ireland it’s called creating a panic.
When will people understand that our health system won’t be able to cope with this.
“The UK’s House of Commons has shut down early for its Easter break as a result of the outbreak.”
The Aussie parliament is closed till August. The PM is in the Trump mould. He says we have two crises – a virus and the economy. So, Oz is stuffed. He won’t act decisively, in case it hurts the economy. Hairdressers are allowed to cut hair. How do they do that with a 1.5 distance? He is an idiot. We need a total lockdown. It is almost too late, though. NZ has the right idea – total lockdown while there are zero deaths.
@Tanks a Minion: Same story in Brazil. How do these people get elected. Thankfully we have some grown ups in charge.
@Tanks a Minion: while Morrison is a clown, comparisons with Trump are very unfair. Australia has pretty much shut down, more so than Ireland has. The hairdressing thing is bizarre but I’d be very surprised if in a month or so we’ll be looking back and saying it was keeping hairdressers open that caused all those deaths.
@The Guru: australia controls it’s border , old forces isolation , banned arrivals from China Korea and Iran early , their infection rate per million is less than half of Ireland’s
@A2 Poster: On the happy pills early today Poster. Be careful
@The Guru: Both Trump and Slomo are prioritising the economy, both are not intelligent. Ireland has made some mistakes, too. The hairdresser thing causes confusion. There is a mixed message – stay at home but you can go get a haircut. Slomo has kept the schools open, too. That sends a mixed message. It seems to me that Slomo and his Chief Medical Officer are going for herd immunity. Australia’s growth is a few days behind Ireland’s but on the same trajectory. I am hoping for the state premiers to do their own lockdown, on Friday.
@Sk19: Ireland’s infection rate is worrying. Australia’s trajectory. I am hoping for a more a lockdown, on Friday. Interestingly, back in February, the Aussie government was telling us to visit Asian restaurants, where business had dropped off. When I did visit a local Asian shopping and restaurant area, the people who were missing were the Asians. They were taking the situation seriously, while the rest of Australia was listening to the Aussie government who said there was nothing to worry about. Our PM was telling us to go the footy two weeks ago.
@A2 Poster: Populism. That’s how they get elected. Chaaaange.
Figures going to climb and climb until they close the airports…. daily repatriation flights into Dublin from Spain and other holiday destinations etc., these people walk straight off the plane and into the community. No testing, no quarantine.
Absolute madness.
So many things that don’t add up with this virus! Some areas of China with no infection yet it has gone all around the world like wild fire. Health authorities calling for self isolation and stay at home, yet allowing flights from abroad into our airports.
Lockdown F F S before it’s to LATE
One group that doesnt appear to be getting any support or assistance are university students living in rented accommodation, that have been told they will not be returning for normal lectures, tutorials or exams by their universities and are returning to their family homes.
Many are now being shafted by their landlords for next month’s rent out of their deposits….
Anybody else have a problem with message saying ‘a problem’ when trying to publish a comment & then 5 copies published?
We need a Russian type lock down .some lrish people are thick as shit .
@thomas mckevitt: and lots of us have to go out and work in unsafe conditions.
@Brian Dunne: like my poor mum who is 63 and has underlying medical conditions but has been told unless the Government say full lockdown she has to go in or doesn’t get paid. She isn’t the only one either in her company. BTW its a state company! totally shocking.
@Julie Walsh: I can’t afford to pay my rent and give her money for her mortgage etc and can’t move in with her just in case I am a carrier.
@Julie Walsh: yeah its scandelous julie. My wife and child arw staying home. Both have underlying conditions. Pointless when i have to work still
@Brian Dunne: that’s awful and then you are worried sick you are a carrier. I’ve an autoimmune disorder so I have hardly been out. I am working from home thank god. Wish you and your loved ones stay safe and well .
@Julie Walsh: thanks Julie. All the very best to you and yours also. Hopefully we all get through this. Stay safe.
@Julie Walsh: but she only needs an instruction from a doctor to self isolate and she can get the 350 payment or am I wrong?
@Vin: I don’t think she is eligible but yea maybe if the doctor signs her off.
So many things that don’t add up with this virus! Some areas of China with no infection yet it has gone all around the world like wild fire. Health authorities calling for self isolation and stay at home, yet allowing flights from abroad into our airports.
So many things that don’t add up with this virus! Some areas of China with no infection yet it has gone all around the world like wild fire. Health authorities calling for self isolation and stay at home, yet allowing flights from abroad into our airports.
@Julie G Graham: Thats all popaganda bull on Facebook, that Beijing and shanghai weren’t infected… they were.
It’s getting serious
So many things that don’t add up with this virus! Some areas of China with no infection yet it has gone all around the world like wild fire. Health authorities calling for self isolation and stay at home, yet allowing flights from abroad into our airports.
So many things that don’t add up with this virus! Some areas of China with no infection yet it has gone all around the world like wild fire. Health authorities calling for self isolation and stay at home, yet allowing flights from abroad into our airports.
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