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Private eyes offer support to Sophie’s family after media coverage

Private investigators and detectives across the world have contacted the family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier offering to help solve the murder of the French woman in West Cork 25 years ago.

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Sophie Toscan du Plantier: 10 questions that could hold the key to one of State’s most notorious unsolved crimes

It will soon be 25 years since the body of a human being, not immediately recognisable as a woman, was found at the bottom of a country lane in Cork, not far from her holiday cottage.

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Gardaí believe cold case review ‘inevitable’ once new Sophie contacts are fully examined

Senior gardaí believe a cold case review of the Sophie Toscan du Plantier (39) murder file is now “inevitable”.

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Sophie: A Murder in West Cork – Everything you need to know about new Netflix documentary

The much-anticipated documentary series about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork is now available to stream on Netflix. 

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Ian Bailey slams new Netflix series about Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder – and says he wants his interview removed

Ian Bailey has slammed a new Netflix documentary about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier as “propaganda.”

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Ian Bailey threatens Netflix with legal action if interview he gave is not removed from series

Ian Bailey has written to Netflix demanding his interview in its upcoming series about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier be removed or the firm will face legal action.

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Alan English Opinion Letter from the Editor of the ‘Sunday Independent’

You might have thought there was nothing more to be said about the murder in 1996 of Sophie Toscan du Plantier  but it’s the story that keeps on  giving. Twenty-five years later it still sells newspapers, captivates podcast listeners, grips documentary viewers. The narcissistic Ian Bailey has already been convicted in a French court, but did he do it?

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Sophie: hope amid the heartache

The uncle of murdered Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier has branded Jim Sheridan’s TV documentary series as “disrespectful” but believes renewed publicity surrounding the case will result in justice being served.

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Garda Commissioner Drew Harris ‘to consider’ review of Sophie Toscan du Plantier case files, 25 years after she was murdered in west Cork

GARDA Commissioner Drew Harris is to consider a request from Ian Bailey for a review of the case file into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier almost 25 years ago.

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Louise O'Neill Opinion Sophie Toscan du Plantier documentaries tell two stories but there is one we will never hear

Since my novel After the Silence was published, I’ve been asked many times if the Sophie Toscan du Plantier case was an inspiration. I’ll admit, I’m fascinated by the story — how could I not be? I was a child when she was murdered near her west Cork holiday home that December night in 1996.

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TV review: Murder at the Cottage is compelling for its rawness, but so many crucial questions remain unanswered

THE big news just before the release of Jim Sheridan’s true-crime series Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie (Sky Crime Sunday; all episodes available on demand) was that the family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier had requested their contributions to the documentary be removed. Sky complied.

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exclusive Ian Bailey interview: ‘It is as if some people are trying to feed off my carcass while I am still alive’ 

Ian Bailey (64) said he fully expected to be “demonised” in some of the books and TV documentaries being released about the brutal murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier (39) in 1996.

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Ian Bailey is in fear of becoming homeless

Ian Bailey may be facing homelessness following the recent breakdown of his relationship with his long-term partner Jules Thomas.

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Ian Bailey convicted of drug driving and disqualified for 12 months

Ian Bailey has been convicted of drug driving and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

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Court ruling set in drug driving case against Ian Bailey (64)

JUDGEMENT in the challenge by Ian Bailey (64) to the statutory right of Gardaí to process a drug driving prosecution against him will be delivered next month.

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Ian Bailey challenges Garda drug-driving prosecution

Ian Bailey has challenged the statutory right of gardaí to process a drug-driving prosecution against him.

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'For a long time I felt terrible about being around Ian Bailey' - filmmaker Jim Sheridan on Sophie Toscan du Plantier documentary

Ian Bailey sits alone in his garden shed. His face looks haunted, his appearance dishevelled. He stares into a camera, takes a long sip of red wine and begins to talk.

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State will not appeal decision to refuse surrender of Ian Bailey to French authorities

The State will not appeal the High Court's decision refusing to surrender Ian Bailey to the French authorities to serve a 25-year prison sentence imposed by a French court for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 24 years ago.

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Ian Bailey cannot be extradited to France in connection with Sophie Toscan du Plantier's murder - High Court

Former journalist Ian Bailey cannot be extradited to France in connection with the murder of filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier, the High Court has ruled.

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Request to extradite Ian Bailey to France over Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder charge an 'abuse of process', court told

A request to extradite Ian Bailey to France for a third time, where he is facing a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier, is an "abuse of process", his lawyers have told the High Court.

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'Unorthodox' request by French to see Bailey legal submissions

French authorities have made an "unprecedented" and "unorthodox" request to view the legal submissions on Ian Bailey's objections to his extradition there, the High Court has heard.

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Ian Bailey appears in court charged with drug driving

IAN Bailey (62), who is fighting extradition to France over the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier (39), has appeared in court charged with drug driving.

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Hearing into Ian Bailey’s proposed extradition to France expected to take place in May

A hearing into the proposed extradition of Ian Bailey to France, where he is facing a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier, is expected to take place in early May.

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Ian Bailey to launch new poetry book in Cork this weekend

IAN Bailey (63), who is fighting extradition to France, will launch his new book of poetry in Cork.

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Ian Bailey arrest: How European court could delay his extradition for murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier

A EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights complaint from Ian Bailey (62) could allow Ireland to delay enforcement of a fresh French extradition bid for him over the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier (39).

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Ian Bailey launches 'John Wayne State of Mind' poetry volume

Ian Bailey is to unveil his latest book of poetry, 'A John Wayne State of Mind', which reflects on what he endured as he faced trial in absentia in France over the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

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'I passed test,' says Ian Bailey after reports of drink-driving check

Ian Bailey confirmed he was taken to a Cork Garda station having failed a roadside breathalyser test only to subsequently pass an electronic sample test.

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Ian Bailey ordered to pay €225,000 compensation to French state and family of murdered Sophie Toscan du Plantier

UK-born journalist Ian Bailey has been ordered to pay a total of €225,000 in damages to the French state and to the family of murdered film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

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Ian Bailey found guilty of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier by French court

A COURT in France has found Ian Bailey guilty of killing French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork in 1996.

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'Narcissist' Ian Bailey's personality 'based on violence', court hears

Journalist Ian Bailey displayed traits of a "borderline" personality disorder and was a narcissist, a Paris court has heard.