New unit to probe cold case murders

UNSOLVED murders stretching back to 1980 will be the focus of a cold case unit established by Garda bosses as part of a major shake-up in the way gardaí tackle crime.

Specialist interviewers are also being been put in place to deal with victims of sexual assault, as well as people with special needs or under the age of 14.

Gardaí hope that new light will be shed on at least some of the 207 murders included on the unsolved list for the last 27 years.