Gardaí in Tipperary have appealed for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a 13-year-old boy.

THE statutory inquiry conducted by senior counsel Hugh Hartnett into the death of 14-year-old Brian Rossiter in a cell at Clonmel Garda station on September 11, 2002, has concluded that there was no evidence he was assaulted while he was in the station, but that he was unlawfully detained by gardaí.

A murder investigation is underway in Co Tipperary.

Gardaí were today continuing to question two men following the seizure of 20kg of cannabis resin and a small quantity of cocaine in Clonmel.

IN THE WAKE of the seizure of what has been described as “a frightening array of weaponry”, gardaí in Clonmel this week launched their biggest ever antisocial behaviour blitz on a number of housing estates in the town.