A man, 80s, arrested in connection with the shooting remains in custody at Castlebar Garda Station.

Post mortems are no longer to be carried out University Hospital Waterford mortuary in State cases, according to gardaí.

A member of the State Pathologists Office is at the scene where a human leg was found at a recycling centre in Dublin.

Gardaí are treating as suspicious the death of a woman in Co Kilkenny last night.