The Cold Case into the Murder, for many people now, is Non Relevant, unless the Cops, start a Different Route for the Truth. Somebody out there, knows Something, or Maybe Bailey was the Perfect Suspect, and Suited the Agenda. Well Tanaiste Michael Martin, is on that Platform. A look back to Early this year, Cork Cops have all Baileys personal items, Laptop, and Diaries, but they Dont have EVIDENCE. FACT. Jim Sheridan could Ruffle some Feathers in the near Future. Naturally in a John Wayne, State of Mind.

Bailey said he was indifferent to the Christmas holidays, but fondly recalled the work he used to get during this period as a freelance journalist.

He said: ‘I used to like Christmas as a freelance journalist because I got a lot of extra work, because newspapers are short of copy.

‘When I was freelancing in my prime, I used to be able to come up with stories.’

In a previous conversation with the Irish Daily Mail, Mr Bailey was asked if he would consider doing a tell-all interview to be published only after his death.

However, he declined on the basis that he would ‘never actually see’ the article in print.On Friday, Garda detectives conducted a search – under warrant – at the flat in Bantry, Co. Cork, where Bailey had been living at the time of his death.

A large quantity of items were seized, including a laptop, memory sticks and notebooks, along with personal items from which a DNA profile could be built.

The search was carried out by local detectives and officers from the Serious Crime Review Team, who are conducting the cold-case review of the original investigation into the murder.

The items taken will be further examined to establish if they can be of evidential value. In a statement, a Garda spokesman said last week: ‘As part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in 1996, gardaí conducted a search under warrant of a residential property in Bantry, Co. Cork.’

The spokesman added: ‘As this is an ongoing investigation, An Garda Síochána will not be commenting further at this time.’

Ms Toscan du Plantier was found dead outside her home near Schull, Co. Cork, in the early hours of December 23, 1996.

Bailey was arrested twice by gardaí investigating her death, but the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) decided no charge was to be brought to him in relation to her murder.

However, he was convicted of the murder in his absence by a French court in 2020. A 25-year sentence was imposed on him, but the High Court in Ireland ruled he should not be extradited to France to face that jail term.