GARDAÍ have launched an investigation following the discovery of a man's body at an apartment on Stanhope Street, Athy on Thursday morning.

Four members of an Ennis family have pleaded guilty to various offences arising from a major investigation by Clare gardaí

Lucas Matley (19) who is from Manchester, England, later admitted to gardaí that he had travelled to Las Vegas for five days in an arrangement to pick up the suitcase and fly to Ireland with the drugs