Quirke told Tusla that Mary Lowry was fixated on new relationship, trial hears

Farmer Patrick Quirke leaves the Central Criminal Court in Dublin Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie Farmer Patrick Quirke leaves the Central Criminal Court in Dublin Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie Updated 15 minutes ago

He told Patrick Quirke’s defence counsel Bernard Condon that when he searched Lowry’s computer for key words he found a search for “trace Ireland Bobby Ryan” was carried out at 9.45pm on 29 April 2013.Quirke of Breanshamore, Co Tipperary has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Bobby Ryan, a part-time DJ who called ‘Mr Moonlight’. Ryan went missing on 3 June 2011 after leaving his girlfriend Mary Lowry’s home at about 6.30am.

The jury heard yesterday that the computer was used in December 2012 to search for “human body decomposition timeline” and “rate of human decomposition”. Deirdre Caverley, giving evidence by video link from Boston, told prosecution counsel Michael Bowman SC that she worked for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in 2011. On 4 February that year she received a call from Patrick Quirke expressing concern about Lowry’s three children.

The wider paternal family, he told her, were concerned but afraid to address their concerns for fear of “repercussions”. The children’s grandmother, he said, was “especially” concerned. Caverley advised Quirke to call Gardaí if there were immediate concerns at the weekend so they could look into it. She also told him that she would open up a report and look into the matter.

Did he really tell them that, or is that just what they pretend he said?

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