A mother s plea to bring her murdered daughter s body home
Updated / Wednesday, 21 Apr 2021
12:09
In the summer of 2004, an American school girl called Rebecca Saunders arrived in West Cork for an eight week study abroad programme.
She met a local farmer, 42 year old Martin McCarthy, and by the time she returned home to the US, the pair were engaged to be married.
Against her family s wishes, Rebecca returned to West Cork to marry Martin McCarthy, and a few years later they had a baby girl called Clarissa.
But the marriage deteriorated, and after some years, Rebecca wanted a divorce. But on the very day she sought legal advice about that, she arrived back at the farm to find Martin and Clarissa missing. A manhunt ensued, but the outcome was tragedy.
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A POLICE stop-check on a car at Pembroke Port this week found a disqualified driver with no insurance or MOT in force for his vehicle. Martin McCarthy, 43, of Bexleyheath, Kent was arrested on Admiralty Way in the early hours of Wednesday, March 3, and appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court the same day. He admitted the offences and also a breach of a suspended sentence imposed by magistrates in Bromley, Kent last year for driving without insurance. McCarthy was further banned from driving for 20 months, sent to prison for a total of four months and ordered to pay a total of £213 in a surcharge and costs.
Birr GAA has said it is gripped with sadness this morning after the sudden passing of Martin McCarthy. "Martin was a hugely proud Birr man who gladly gave .