Gardaí in Killarney have arrested and are questioning a man as part of the investigation into the abduction and disappearance of English man Charles Brooke Pickard at Castlecove, Co Kerry, on April 26, 1991.

The 16-day excavation for the remains Charles Brooke Pickard in south Kerry ended on Friday without result — but the investigation is continuing.

The son of a man abducted by masked men 22 years ago has made a fresh television appeal for any information which would help find his father’s body.