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'Mostly intact' torso found in Dublin park in search for body of convicted rapist James Nolan

The 46-year-old had not been seen since his release from prison in 2010.

A TORSO HAS been found in a Dublin park during the search for the body of convicted rapist James Nolan.

Nolan, 46, of Fairlawn Road in Finglas had not been seen since his release from prison in 2010 after serving a term for burglary.

His limb was found on Dollymount Strand in 2011 but he had not been reported missing. The Tolka River, beside where the torso was found, enters the sea close to Dollymount.

Gardaí began searching Tolka Valley Park in Finglas on Saturday 1 April after new information came to light. They say that the location in the park is used primarily by locals.

Officers say that a “mostly intact” torso was discovered around one foot deep yesterday. It has been removed to the State Mortuary.

Around 50% of the site has been searched and no other location is being looked at.

Gardaí will not say how they came to dig up this part of the park as it is “a live investigation”.

Specialist cadaver dogs from the UK were used.

In 1986, Nolan was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his part in the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman. Gardaí say his family has been informed of the find, but that no identification has taken place.

Additional reporting by Cliódhna Russell.

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    Oct 29th 2014, 8:50 AM

    Hardly ‘fleeing’. Walking away at their own leisurely pace I’d imagine.

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    Oct 29th 2014, 9:40 AM

    Just dont have a nap on the way

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    Oct 29th 2014, 8:49 AM

    Leave the kids and missus they would only slow me down

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    Oct 29th 2014, 9:18 AM

    Would it not be possible to build a concrete reinforced gulley to divert the lava flow off course toward the ocean.

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    Oct 29th 2014, 10:32 AM

    Jenta can’t tell if your being sarcastic or serious? That would never work as lava cools as it flows and would block any gully/channel and the lava would eventually flow over itself

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    Oct 29th 2014, 10:35 AM

    Also your spending millions on something that would only be used maybe once in a hundred years, has to be maintained, would be an eye sore. There is a reason nobody has done it before.

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    Oct 29th 2014, 10:59 AM

    Right, I’ll get Tommy Lee Jones on it straight away!

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    Oct 29th 2014, 1:16 PM

    They saved a town in Iceland with something similar a few decades ago.

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    Oct 29th 2014, 3:02 PM

    Why is there nobody poking sticks into it?

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    Oct 29th 2014, 10:46 AM

    At the risk of sounding cynical, Kilauea isn’t doing anything it hasn’t always done. That’s how an undersea volcano came to be an island. Kilauea’s lava flows are always really slow, above ground, so there’s time for people to evacuate in safety. Stunning. Would love to visit.

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    Oct 29th 2014, 11:41 AM

    I reckon all lava is deadly

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