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A round-up of today's other stories in brief...

Garda arrested over alleged relationship with boy is released

Gardaí are to prepare a file for the DPP after last night releasing without charge a member of the force arrested for questioning about an inappropriate sexual relationship with an underage boy (16).

The officer, who is in his late 20s, presented himself at a Garda station in Co Cork yesterday morning by appointment and was arrested under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.

The officer, who is from Co Cork but is serving elsewhere in Munster, was questioned for several hours by detectives.

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Gardaí believe the relationship began shortly after Christmas and they believe the officer had engaged in consensual but inappropriate sexual activity with the boy in at least two locations.

Two women held over Kilkeel murder

Two women have been arrested in Co Down over the murder of a Lithuanian national at the weekend, reports . The 36-year-old victim was shot in the chest in Kilkeel in south Down on Saturday. His murder followed a dispute among rival groups of overseas nationals.


The two women, aged 32 and 39, are understood to have been taken in for questioning yesterday. Three men have already been arrested, one of whom was receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to his leg. Two were released on bail.

Mitchell proposes 'co-op cemetery'

Nama-controlled land around Dublin City could be used to provide a "co-op cemetery" that would bring down funeral costs for Dublin's bereaved, MEP Gay Mitchell has proposed.

Mr Mitchell is proposing that the credit unions or a religious organisation, or similar bodies, could approach Nama to negotiate a price on the land.

He said these plots of land could in turn be purchased by members of the public who wished to be buried there.

Mr Mitchell said the idea was a "combination of opportunity and need" presenting itself in Dublin where the cost of burial stands at €6,000, which he says is, on average, about €1,000 more expensive than in other parts of the country.