Du Plantier file ‘not closed in Ireland’
A team of French forensic experts is to travel to Ireland in the coming weeks to examine dozens of items gathered by gardaí in and around the west Cork crime scene, including articles of Ms Toscan du Plantier’s clothing, DNA and blood samples, and a block thought to have been used to batter her.
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern agreed to a formal request for access to the items by the French authorities who began their own probe into the 1996 killing two years ago after the Garda investigation here repeatedly ran into a brick wall.
