GARDAÍ believe there is a “strong possibility” the skeletal remains of a man found in the Dublin mountains are that of missing 28-year-old James Kenny McDonagh.

A GARDA hunt for a missing criminal, suspected of being murdered, is at a standstill after searches near his burnt out car drew a blank.

Fears are growing that a missing Dublin man may have been killed by an organised crime gang.

Gardaí today appealed for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a 28-year-old Dublin man missing since last week.