Gardai fear the dismembered body found in plastic bag in a suitcase in the Grand Canal in Co Kildare yesterday afternoon is that of missing man Barry Corcoran.
The gruesome discovery was made by passers-by who saw a dark-coloured container floating in the freezing waters of the canal at Ardclough Village just after 3.30pm.
It is believed that a number of young men spotted the suitcase in the water at the thirteenth lock on a section of the canal known as Archer’s Walkway.
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