Man arrested on suspicion of murdering mother-of-three Patterson

GARDAÍ arrested a 32-year-old man last night in relation to the murder of a young mother of three in West Cork last week.

A team of detectives arrested the man in Cork city just after 5pm on suspicion of murdering Rosarie (Rose) Patterson, aged 30, from the Park View estate in Clonakilty.

He was arrested under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, which allows gardaí question suspects for up to 24 hours, and was brought immediately to Clonakilty Garda Station where detectives began to question him last night. He remained in the station overnight.