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The conviction of three men this week for trying to bring over a ton and a half of cocaine into the country has an air of hilarity about it, mainly because the gang only failed because of the ineptitude of one of their members.

A garda investigation is underway after the body of an elderly man was discovered in a chalet in the grounds of a hotel in Ballina yesterday (Thursday).

Gardaí have launched an investigation following the discovery of a body in Castlebar yesterday.

The man who was found dead on the grounds of the Downhill House Hotel, Ballina last Thursday died of natural causes. A post mortem was carried out on the body of Mr Michael McDermot by the State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy.

The acting coroner for north Mayo, Dr Eleanor Fitzgearld, recorded a verdict of accidental death due to gross misadventure caused by massive crush injuries in the case of John Gaughan, Glosh, Blacksod, Belmullet, Co Mayo. The jury in the case in giving their verdict stated that “After considering the statements it was an accidental death of the most unfortunate circumstances and the injuries received by the victim were in accordance with the evidence of the pathologist.”

The community in Ballinasloe was in shock yesterday when they awoke to the news that a married couple had lost their lives in a fire which tore though their mobile home in the middle of the night.

The Travelling community are no strangers to hardship. And tragedy. And fire. The relationship between their beliefs and the spiritual power of fire and its ability to cleanse out past tragedies is well documented. The use of the flame to burn homes and vehicles in which someone has died has long been a custom.

Gardai are this weekend remaining tight-lipped about the route that the investigation into the triple killing of a family in Windgap is taking.

The trial of a man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo in Galway in 2007 has heard that his DNA was found in a used condom near her body (Tues).

The man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that her death was “an accident”.