Searches for information about the murders of Deirdre Jacob and Jo Jo Dullard may continue for some time.
Excavators were brought into a quarry between Blessington and Baltinglass yesterday to search for clues about the killings of the women in the 1990's.
Gardai say they began the operation on foot of new information.
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An Irishman held by ICE officials in the US is expected to be deported today.
Seamus Culleton told media last week that he'd been held in a detention centre in Texas since last September, which he likened to a 'concentration camp'.
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Three people have been killed in a shooting at an ice rink in the US.
It happened at an arena in Rhode Island where a youth hockey game was scheduled.
The suspect is among those who have died.
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Fresh weather warning's have been issued for wet, windy and also freezing conditions.
Met Eireann has put Cork, along with Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, Carlow, and Waterford under yellow alert for heavy rain with a risk of flooding from 11 o'clock tonight.
At the same time a yellow alert for strong winds comes into effect in Louth, Meath, Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford, with a risk of fallen trees and difficult travelling conditions.
From 2 tomorrow morning there will be a yellow weather alert in place for ice and snow in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal.
