Gardaí to search East Cork woodland for missing Tina Satchwell

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of Tina Satchwell have sealed off a woodland in East Cork which they will begin searching today.

News of the search operation of 40 acres at Castlemartyr woods, which comes just days before the first anniversary of Ms Satchwell’s disappearance, was confirmed in the wake of rumours and speculation which emerged on various social media channels over the weekend.

The rumours, which began circulating at the height of the emergency response to Storm Emma on Friday, suggested that gardaí had sealed off the woodland in Castlemartyr following a discovery.