New inquiry into Michaela's murder

The police team will examine the case to see how they can bring the Co Tyrone woman's killers to justice.

A judicial inquiry is also to be launched, Brendan McMahon, the Irish Ambassador to Mauritius, heard during a meeting with Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam in capital Port Louis on Friday.

Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore thanked the PM for the local cooperation with the Mauritian authorities.

"The Irish Government will continue to meet its full consular responsibilities to Michaela, her husband John and their families, as it does to all Irish citizens.

"The offers of assistance from the authorities in Northern Ireland and the UK are greatly appreciated," he said.

During Friday's meeting, the ambassador also addressed the publishing of photographs of the crime scene and graphic images of the 27-year-old's injuries in a local tabloid earlier this week.

Mr McMahon conveyed the stress and angry felt by the Harte and McAreavey families at the Sunday Times, which has no connection to newspapers in the UK or Ireland.

The Tanaiste added: "The Prime Minister advised the Ambassador that the Government of Mauritius deeply regretted and condemned the leaking and publication of the photographs which appeared in the Sunday Times of Mauritius.

"He indicated that there would be a thorough police investigation into the matter and that anyone found to be involved faced prosecution."

The paper's editor Imran Hosany appeared in court on Thursday on charges connected to the publishing of the pictures and to the assault of a press photographer.

Last week former hotel workers Sandip Moneea and Avinash Treebhoowoon were found not guilty of murdering the only daughter of GAA boss Mickey Harte at the Legends resort on the island.

On Thursday, it was revealed that Northern Ireland's Attorney General, John Larkin, will examine legal papers from the trial of two men acquitted of murdering Mrs McAreavey while on honeymoon in January last year.