Suspect questioned over Clare woman’s death

GARDAÍ in Co Clare were last night questioning a 39-year-old man in connection with the death of guesthouse worker Deirdre McCarthy, whose body was found washed up on a beach last week.

The man was arrested at about 12.30pm yesterday in Galway as hundreds of people gathered in the village of Ballyvaughan to bid their final farewells to the 43-year-old woman.

The suspect was arrested after he had been discharged from Galway University Hospital where he was being treated for injuries he sustained in an incident last Friday night.