We’ve always known Emer was murdered, says family

THE sister of the late Emer O’Loughlin said her family “have always known that Emer was murdered”.

Pam O’Loughlin was speaking after gardaí on Wednesday launched a murder investigation into the death of her 23-year-old sister.

The investigation was launched after new tests on Ms O’Loughlin’s remains confirmed she had been murdered five years ago in a mobile home on a site on the Clare-Galway border.