Gardaí expect it will be some time before they can identify the skeletal remains found in East Cork yesterday.
The remains were found close to the main Midleton to Whitegate Road at Rostellan by a search dog.
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More funding is to be provided for humanitarian schemes relating to storm damage after huge numbers of homeowners and businesses applied for aid.
The issue is to be discussed at Cabinet this morning after homes in Midleton, Glanmire and Ballinhassig were badly flooded during Storm Babet.
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Schools across the country will soon have to log all incidents of bullying.
New procedures will see the records from all schools entered into an anonymized national report each year, to give a clear picture of the extent of the problem so it can be addressed.
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The remnants of Amelia Earhart's plane may have finally been discovered.
A crew searching for the long-lost wreckage believe they've found it at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean - 100 miles from Howland Island, which sits halfway between Australia and Hawaii.
