Gardaí are cautioning that it could take some time before the results of their forensic examination of the suspected torture site of company executive Kevin Lunney become known.

Gardaí are forensically examining a container in rural Co Cavan that may have been where company executive Kevin Lunney was beaten and tortured.

Peter Darragh Quinn intends staying in the North and “won’t be going back” to face jail in the Republic, according to his father Peter Quinn.

A report into allegations of bullying and harassment at Waterways Ireland was deliberately suppressed to prevent its findings being made public, it was claimed today.