Justice minister: Cadaver dog should have been used earlier in search of Tina Satchwell's home

Justice minister: Cadaver dog should have been used earlier in search of Tina Satchwell's home

Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan said it would be preferable if Ireland had its own cadaver dog but that that decision was up to the Garda Commissioner. Picture: Stephen Collins

The justice minister has admitted that it would be preferable if a cadaver dog had been used earlier in the search for Tina Satchwell, nee Dingivan, whose remains were found buried beneath her sitting room floor more than six years after she disappeared.

Jim O’Callaghan also said that it would be preferable if Ireland had its own cadaver dog.

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