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Man charged in Tina Satchwell murder inquiry

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Tina Satchwell was reported missing in 2017.

At a glance

  • A man has been charged after being arrested in the inquiry into the murder of Tina Satchwell

  • Ms Satchwell went missing in 2017

  • Earlier this week Irish police upgraded their investigation to a murder inquiry

  • Remains were found at Ms Satchwell's home on Wednesday

  • Published

A man in his 50s who was arrested by gardaí (Irish police) investigating the murder of Tina Satchwell has been charged.

Ms Satchwell was 45 when she was reported missing from her home in Grattan Street in Youghal in March 2017.

Skeletal remains were found at her home in County Cork on Wednesday.

The remains, which have not been identified, were discovered during a search of Ms Satchwell's home on Wednesday evening by gardaí.

The man who has been charged is due to appear before a special sitting of Cashel District Court on Saturday morning.