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Barry Cummins I shudder to think I sat in Tina Satchwell’s home while her body lay buried there
Youghal woman Tina Satchwell disappeared in March 2017 from the home she shared with her husband, Richard. For more than six years, her case remained one of the State’s most unsettling mysteries. Richard Satchwell told gardaí that Tina had left him, carrying two suitcases and €26,000 in cash. Searches of the couple’s home uncovered nothing. Media appeals followed, and journalists and interviewers sat across from Richard as he pleaded for information.
How one father prompted the latest search for missing women - The Currency
Michael Jacob stood up silently. He was about 20 feet in front of me and I easily spotted him rise from his chair. I was scanning the crowd in front of me, making closing remarks as I brought that year’s National Missing Persons Day ceremony to a close. It was December 2017, and another annual event to honour and remember Ireland’s missing persons was about to end, with poignant choir music. But the event wasn’t over yet. Michael Jacob had something he wanted to say.
Net loss? Why Ireland trails Europe on marine protection
Ireland has pledged "30 by 30" — to place 30% of its vast maritime territory under legal protection by 2030 — a commitment under the UN biodiversity framework to halt species decline and restore marine ecosystems. Yet, with endangered basking sharks already turning up dead off Co Clare and other EU states mapping their protected zones, the legislation to create and enforce Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is still absent.
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