The Latest Breaking News from Garda

Post mortems on the two children were carried out yesterday

Helen McDonnell was last seen in Carlow town on Wednesday, September 7

“An incident room has been established at Mullingar Garda Station and Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) has been appointed to lead the investigation"

The alarm was raised shortly before 4pm

Uniformed officers, with support from the Garda Public Order Unit, were called to the scene at a pub on Clanbrassil Street

No injuries were reported during the incident

The family of Jean Tighe have pleaded with gardai for help with the case

An official search probe had been launched on Monday but has since been called off.

And, writing in a new book to celebrate 100 years of the Garda Siochana, former Assistant Commissioner Michael O’Sullivan also says he believes the attack was a catalyst that made the government get serious on tackling organised crime – including the Kinahan cartel