Man remanded in hotel murder case

A TIPPERARY man was further remanded in custody on a charge of murder when he made a brief appearance yesterday at Limerick District Court.

Jerry McGrath, aged 23, of Ballywalter, Knockavilla, is charged with murdering Sylvia Roche Kelly, aged 33, a mother-of-two from Sixmilebridge, Co Clare, at the Clarion Hotel, Steamboat Quay, Limerick on December 8.

Ms Roche Kelly’s body was found in a bath in the hotel.