Suspect in Youghal murder probe questioned

GARDAÍ continued to interview a suspect in the murder of Cork man Michael O’Shea as his family made preparations for his funeral in Youghal.

The 31-year-old’s body was taken from his burning flat in the centre of the east Cork seaside town in the early hours of Thursday morning. The unemployed single man was described as a very quiet person by shocked locals.

Gardaí are now satisfied that he had died before the fire, based on the results of a preliminary postmortem examination on Thursday evening that found Mr O’Shea had a number of injuries. That examination at Cork University Hospital by assistant state pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster continued yesterday while the investigation team interviewed the suspect at Midleton Garda Station.