TWO people who hold key information on the death of a priest 25 years
ago are being interviewed by gardai to see if the case can be
re-opened.
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern yesterday revealed a
relative of one of those present on the night he died and another person
were being questioned.
The revelation comes in the wake of an
Irish Independent investigation which found new information to support
claims the case should be revisited.
Fr Niall Molloy (52) was
found dead in a pool of blood on July 8, 1985 at the home of his friends
Richard and Teresa Flynn at Clara, Co Offaly.
Mr Ahern said the
Garda Commissioner had directed a detective superintendent to meet
people making representations for the inquiry to be reopened.
"I
understand one person has already been interviewed and the other, who is
a third party and a relative of some of the people involved in the
incident, will be interviewed in due course," he said.
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