File to be sent to DPP over woman's arrest in death probe

A file will be sent to the DPP after the release without charge of a woman arrested in connection with the murder of a man who was shot twice in Mallow, Co Cork.

The woman, who is in her forties, was arrested on 23 October in connection with the death of Paul 'Bosco' O'Connor.

The body of the 56-year-old was found in undergrowth on 15 October by a person out walking the banks of the River Blackwater at Ballyellis near Mallow.

The woman was detained at a garda station in the southern region under the provisions of Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007.

A man in his late thirties appeared before a special sitting of Fermoy District Court on Monday charged with the murder of Mr O’Connor in Co Cork.

He was remanded in custody.

He then appeared before the court again yesterday by video link and was further remanded in custody until 10 November.

An application for bail cannot be made at district court level when the charge is that of murder.