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Search for missing Lithuanian
Gardaí in Cork have broadened their search for a missing Lithuanian man to woodland on the outskirts of the city and an area used to store buses as fears continue for the man's safety.
Raimundas Berzinskas (33) has been missing from his home at St Finbarr's Place, Proby's Quay, Cork since December 15th. He is in breach of bail conditions imposed after he was charged with the manslaughter of fellow Lithuanian Gintaras Balcionas (38) on the Lower Glanmire Road in the city in October 2005.
Specialist sniffer dogs are being used in the search. Officers have spent the last few days combing around 20 acres of land east of Glanmire, Co Cork.
Thirty gardaí are now involved in the search.
Raimundas Berzinskas, a carpenter, is 6ft 2in, of strong build and with fair, close shaved hair.
When last seen he was wearing a dark green waist-length jacket, black trousers, black shoes and a back hooded top with grey print.
Gardaí do not believe that Mr Berzinskas's disappearance is linked in any way to the death of Mr Gintaras. However, they cannot rule out foul play.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the gardaí at Anglesea Street station (telephone: 021 4522000) or their local Garda station.
Cigarettes worth over €2m seized
Gardaí and customs' officials seized more than six million contraband cigarettes, valued at over €2 million, in Dundalk, Co Louth, on Saturday night.
It is understood they may have been destined for Northern Ireland or Britain.
School closed after fire
A Co Galway national school will remain closed for the early part of the week after being damaged by a fire on Saturday morning.
Extensive damage was caused to a classroom at Cahergeal national school near Ballyglunin.
The fire was discovered around 11.30am and two units of Tuam fire brigade prevented it from spreading to other classrooms and a number of prefabs.
Gardaí say that the initial indications are that the fire started accidentally.
The school, which has 94 pupils, is expected to reopen on Wednesday morning.
Irish bishops in Holy Land
Two Irish bishops are part of an international delegation of European and North American Catholic bishops, as well as international Catholic agencies, currently visiting Catholics in the Holy Land, writes Patsy McGarry.
Officially known as the Co-ordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church in the Holy Land, the group includes the Bishop of Clonfert, Dr John Kirby and Bishop Ray Field, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin. Yesterday they attended Mass with local Catholic communities in Nazareth. Members of the delegation are scheduled to meet the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, this week. The visit began last Friday and already the delegation has been to Bethlehem and Gaza. They return on Thursday.
Foul play in man's death ruled out
Gardaí have ruled out foul play in the case of a man whose body was found in Sligo yesterday. The man, who was in his 60s, lived alone in a house in the Riverside area of Sligo town. He was last seen at noon on Saturday.
Man killed as car leaves road
A 23-year-old man was killed instantly when the car he was driving left the road near Casla in Connemara during the early hours of Saturday morning.
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