‘Thomas never did any harm to anyone’

Family and friends of Thomas ‘Toddy’ Dooley, found dead at his Co Offaly home at the weekend, have described him as an “inoffensive” man who “wouldn’t hurt anybody”.

Meanwhile, detectives in Tallaght, west Dublin, are continuing to interview a man in relation to the murder of a 31-year-old mother.

Sonia Blount was found strangled in a hotel room in Tallaght, near where she lived with her three-year-old son.