Probe focuses on caller who claimed man was tied up

Gardaí probing the murder of pensioner Eugene Gillespie are investigating an anonymous emergency phone call to their station on Thursday.

The caller claimed a man was tied up in a house near a brown gate. No further details were given.

A Garda spokesman said: “Gardaí acted on this information and a member responded to the call and went to the house as described. They satisfied themselves that there was nothing untoward.