Unsolved Irish Mysteries.

Agree with this, in addition are we certain there was a warrant, I would think there was but alternatively could they just come to agreement with the homeowner? Seems like if an agreement was worked out, then they wouldn't have to bother with a warrant in any case, and then didn't need to provide any evidence to get one.

Regarding another unsolved case, that of Grace Livingstone.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/husband-who-sued-gardai-over-probe-into-wife-grace-livingstones-murder-is-buried/a439950429.html

Interesting wording in this write-up. I get the strong impression AGS still think it was the husband.

For all your talk on here of other people speculating, you have produced nothing yourself. You have no idea what evidence was produced to get the warrant. You have no idea what the witness statements say. As if they just searched the property because the suspect lived there 30 years ago. Give it a rest.

The Gardai can now hopefully rule out this location going forward, which is probably a relief for the home owners, and move on to other locations.

I’ve paid more than my fair share of taxes over my lifetime and I’m delighted to hear that this search went ahead. It’s great to hear that active lines of enquiry are being pursued in a case that is a real stain on our nation.

Can people also stop speculating about whether the house will be returned to its original state. Of course it will. People just love to give out.

Thank you.

We can only go by what the media have reported and it is pretty much that - there was no significant link between this case and the site in the witness statements. The search was speculative as reported by the Irish times. That means they had nothing to suggest this specific site was important.

One can only hope that the gardai can indeed rule this site out after wasting hundreds of thousands of euro turning it upside down. They'd hardly be that incompetent.

And questions about the house being returned to the pre search state are valid ones. The State has zero liability to do so and it is the policy of the State Claims Agency to contest these claims relating to search damage. While there is a case by case element to how these are dealt with, if the State does pay it will be both an exception and a monetary payment. The homeowner will almost certainly have to engage contractors themselves to do the work, the guards aren't going to be fitting kitchens for them or supervising others doing same.

And when they say they are returning the site, it doesn't mean they are reinstating it. It means they are leaving it safe. It will take months for reconstruction and the guards are not hanging around for that.

All of this in my view is unacceptable. While the guards have a duty to investigate crime, searches like these need to be calibrated against the expected yield. The expectation here, when actually considered rationally, is that nothing useful would be found. Lo and behold, that's exactly what happened.

@MrMusician18…That's your own mindset.

i think anyone owning a property that might hold clues to a murdered woman and help bring closure for her family, would gladly allow the Gardai carry out a search.

Suggesting the Gardai thrashed the place and would leave it not returned to it's original state in a reasonable timeframe, appears speculative nonsense that you are repeating over and over.