Man arrested on suspicion of murder

GARDAÍ arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of murdering missing woman Marie Greene after checking phone contacts between him and the Athlone woman.

Detectives believe the 37-year-old woman was conducting business with a man in the midlands town and suspect she may have been killed by this person.

Ms Greene disappeared just over a week ago from her home on St Mel’s Terrace, where she lived with her mother and sister.