Police searching for missing County Kerry farmer Michael Gaine have found partial human remains at a field close to his farmyard.
Mr Gaine, 56, has been missing for more than eight weeks and he was initially treated as a missing persons case before it was upgraded to a homicide on 29 April.
Gardaí (Irish police) designated a site near to Mr Gaine’s farm, in Kenmare, as a crime scene on Friday and have been conducting technical and forensic examinations.
They said DNA analysis will be carried out to make a formal identification of the remains, while searches continue at the site.
Mr Gaine, a sheep and cattle farmer, was reported missing from his home near Kenmare on Friday, 21 March. He was last seen in the County Kerry town the previous day.
He lived in the remote Carrig East area close the Molls Gap beauty spot along the renowned Ring of Kerry.