A CONVICTED murderer from the UK has been discovered living among a small rural community in one of Ireland's most picturesque villages.
According to Independent.ie, the 65-year-old had been living in the village of Eyeries, West Cork for months before being picked up by gardaí for breaking his parole.
Eyeries is a small village on the ring of the Beara Peninsula and one of the most picturesque and colourful parts of west Cork.
The man had been convicted of a murder in the early 1970s in the UK.
He was nearing the end of his sentence when he was granted parole by the UK authorities and ordered not to leave the UK and to liaise with probation services.
UK police sent out an international appeal for help in tracking down the missing murderer.
Gardaí were alerted last week to his whereabouts in rural Ireland and sought an extradition warrant from the UK authorities.
Two officers from the force's extradition section at Garda headquarters in the Phoenix Park were sent from Dublin to the Beara Peninsula in west Cork.
Backed up by officers from the Cork West division, the officers swooped on a caravan where the man had been holed up for several months outside Eyeries.
Officers served the warrant and then performed the arrest.
They then escorted the man back to Dublin and he appeared on the extradition warrant before Dublin District Court last Thursday.
If the man does not object to being returned to the UK, he could leave Ireland within days.
Gardaí declined to confirm the man's identity, although it is believed he was wanted by Yorkshire police in relation to the parole breach.
