""Goodbye, see you later, thanks." These were the last words Aine Hynes ever heard from her little sister Siobhán as she dropped her at a local disco in Carraroe, Connemara. Hours later, Siobhán, who had just celebrated her 17th birthday, was found murdered, her body left on an isolated stretch of beach where weather-beaten boulders meet the Atlantic. The horror of that night continues to haunt her family."
"Now, 27 years on, the man convicted of her killing has launched a fresh bid for freedom, claiming that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice On todays Indo Daily, Tabitha Monahan is joined by Irish Independent News Correspondent Catherine Fegan to look back at the tragic death of Siobhán Hynes, and the forensic evidence of the case, that has once again been thrust into the spotlight."
Siobhán Hynes, who had just turned 17, was dropped at a local disco in Carraroe and later found murdered on an isolated Atlantic beach among weather-beaten boulders. Her last words to her sister were a casual goodbye. The killing has haunted her family for decades. Twenty-seven years after the murder, the man convicted of her killing has launched a fresh bid for freedom, asserting his conviction was a miscarriage of justice. The case and its forensic evidence have been brought back into focus in a recent Indo Daily segment.
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