Coolmain Castle in West Cork, owned by the Disney family, has been put up for sale with an asking price of €7.5 million

The exhumation took place on Tuesday morning at St Patrick’s Cemetery in Bandon.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday morning on the R571 road in the Eyries area of west Cork.

Gardaí were alerted to the incident at 9am on Monday morning

Micheál Martin, who is the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cork South-Central TD, made the comments at the launch of the book Sophie: The Final Verdict by journalist Senan Molony in Dublin.

Anuar Rahui (41) of Malaga in Spain has now appeared before a vacation sitting of Cork District Court in relation to his alleged role in the offence.

His son, Samudra, told mourners at the 2pm service on Friday his last physical interaction with his father before he moved overseas was on November 15th.

Ten men remain in custody this morning over an investigation into a suspected drug smuggling operation off west Cork

The men range in age from their mid-20s to mid-50s.

The former journalist is suspected to have had a heart attack in Bantry, Co Cork