International search for Jamey Carney's boyfriend after Killarney death

Gardaí are working with international police after a man they wish to question left Ireland before the woman's body was discovered

Ahmad Al-Saqar, 28, and Jamey Carney, 43. Picture: Social media

International police forces are now searching for the boyfriend of Jamey Carney to question him in connection with her death.

Ahmad Al-Saqar, 28, has been described as a “person of significant interest” by gardaí investigating Ms Carney’s killing.

He was with the US-born mother of one in her home in Killarney on Monday evening, it is understood.

The 43-year-old’s body was found badly injured in her bed and covered in her bed sheets at about 1.30pm on Tuesday.

However, Mr Al-Saqar left Killarney early on Tuesday morning on a bus to Dublin Airport, it is believed. From there, he took a flight to Turkey.

He had left Ireland before Ms Carney’s body had been discovered.

Gardaí are liaising with international police forces to find Mr Al-Saqar. He has not been charged with any crimes in connection with Ms Carney’s death.

Mr Al-Saqar has also not been added to Europol’s Most Wanted fugitive list.

Although it would be unusual to add someone to that list who police wanted to speak to in connection with an investigation, if the evidence is strong enough, they could be added, even if they have not been charged with a crime, a source in Europol said.

Mr Al-Saqar is originally from Jordan, but had been living in Ireland for more than a year and had been in a relationship with Ms Carney for some months.

Her profile photo on social media is a picture of them together.

In one social media post, she shared a video of them together and wrote: “He continues to show me what safe love is.”

In the days before she was killed, Mr Al-Saqar commented “my beautiful family” in a photo on Ms Carney’s account of the couple and her 13-year-old daughter
together. In another message to her, he wrote: “I love you so much.”

Instagram has allowed abusive messages about the murdered woman to be posted on her page following her death. People have been sharing racist and misogynistic messages, including that Ms Carney “deserved” to be murdered for being in a relationship with an Arabic man.

Facebook has also allowed an increasing number of posts and messages on its platform abusing the murdered mother for supporting Palestinian rights and for being in a relationship with a man from the Middle East.

When contacted by the Irish Examiner, Meta, which owns both platforms, said that it was investigating the case.