GARDAÍ, investigating the brutal murder of a pensioner in his home in Cork almost a year ago, yesterday renewed their appeal for help yesterday after an inquest.

GARDAÍ are hoping for a breakthrough in their investigation into the murder of a frail Cork pensioner when his last-known movements are re-enacted on Crimecall tonight.

A PRIEST urged the public yesterday to help gardaí find the person who tied up a frail pensioner in his home and left him to die.

THE 74-year-old whose remains were found in his home, with his hands and legs tied, may have been the victim of a robber or someone who bore a grudge against him.

AS a full-scale murder hunt gets underway in Cork city, gardaí have refused to divulge the details of the postmortem examination on the body of a pensioner whose hands were bound.

Gardai raided a house in Cork to find a consignment of cocaine mixed with the performance-enhancing drug ephedrine – the first time that the drugs were ever found in that combination.