Wednesday 24 April, 2019
John Kenny was discovered lying face down in the ladies toilets of his bar.
John Kenny was found dead on 25 September 2011.
John Kenny was found dead on 25 September 2011.
The accident happened on 3 July near the Kildare village.
A post-mortem is due to be carried out.
The fire broke out at around 12.30pm, gardaí have said.
There were major faults in the system in west Galway and on Achill this afternoon.
TheJournal.ie recently paid its respects at the quiet resting place of the man of the day.
Gardaí arrested six people at the weekend in connection with the major haul of cannabis plants in Tuam and Oughterard.
The plants have an estimated street value of €750,000, say Gardaí.
Owen Riff nursing home in Oughterard, Galway has been taken over by the HSE after an unannounced inspection by HIQA.
Meanwhile, the woman arrested earlier this week in connection with the murder has been released without charge.
The investigation into the Galway publican and teacher’s death continues with a woman arrested last night still in Garda custody.
The four men were arrested today in connection with the death of John Kenny, 56, in Oughterard over a week ago.
A 37-year-old father of two, Florin Fitzpatrick, is refused bail at Galway District Court due to the possibility of further charges.
Relatives found Mr Kenny’s body in the pub he ran last Sunday, after he was killed in a violent assault.
A man in his thirties remains in Gardai custody in connection with the death of the father-of-four, whose body was found in the family pub.
Nine things you need to know this morning: man arrested in connection with Galway death; company to transfer some Athlone jobs to Thailand; and Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is put to sleep.
Investigation into the death of the publican and secondary school teacher last weekend continues.
A post-mortem on 56-year-old John Kenny shows he died as a result of an assault; Gardaí have appealed for witnesses.
The body of a man was found in the pub he ran in Oughterard yesterday and gardaí say they are treating the death as suspicious.
GARDAÍ HAVE LAUNCHED an investigation following the discovery of a man’s body in Oughterard, Co Galway at around 6pm this evening. The man is thought to be aged in his mid-50s. The body remains at the scene, which has been sealed off, and the state pathologist has been notified.
IF A DRUG injecting centre was opened in your area, would you protest against it?
Drug injecting centres provide addicts with a safer, sterile environment in which to inject heroin, cocaine or other drugs under the supervision of a medical professional.
In the latest episode of our podcast The Explainer, we discuss why the principal of a Dublin primary school doesn’t want such a centre 300m from their front door.
So we’re asking, would you protest against a supervised injection centre in your area?
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