A 33-year-old man charged with the murder of Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas, who went missing from Dublin in 2008, has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

A man charged with the murder of Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas was further remanded in custody yesterday.

A 33-year-old Dublin man was remanded in custody last night after he was charged with the murder of Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas, who went missing in 2008.

The brutal murder of teenager Marioara Rostas, whose body was uncovered in a shallow grave in the Wicklow Mountains, has shaken even veteran detectives, investigators said.

Detectives investigating the murder of Romanian teenager Mariora Rostas will wait for results from forensic and DNA tests before they move to re-arrest the main suspects in her death.

Gardaí believe human remains found in the Wicklow mountains are those of missing Romanian teenager Mariora Rostas.

Bones buried in a plastic bag in a Wicklow mountain forest are believed to be those of a Romanian teenager missing for four years.

DUBLIN’S local authorities have invoked a major emergency plan after storms battering Leinster led to the evacuation of entire estates and saw a search and rescue operation for an off-duty garda swept away after a river burst its banks.

A MAJOR rescue operation was launched last night after a man in his 20s was swept away by a swollen river.

ONE of the most heartening things to happen in Ireland in recent times has been the heightened awareness of the environment among children who are now leading the way and, indeed, educating their parents on such matters.

MORE wintry showers are predicted for large parts of Ireland today after heavy frost caused major disruption on roads across the country yesterday.

MORE wintry showers are predicted for large parts of Ireland today after heavy frost caused major disruption on roads across the country yesterday.

FIRES which raged through forest plantations over the holiday weekend have caused more than €1m in damage, an expert said yesterday.