‘Don’t withhold murder information’, urges former Limerick detective

A former garda detective has warned that anyone found to be keeping information from gardaí investigating the murder of a 78-year old Limerick widow faces possible prosecution in the criminal courts.

The body of Rosie Hanrahan was discovered in her home by her sister Evelyn and Evelyn’s husband Jim Kenny on Friday, a family source confirmed.

Gardaí did not comment on reports that Ms Hanrahan had been tied up and strangled during a break-in at her bungalow, located at New Rd, Thomondgate.