Gardaí investigating the murder of a 58-year-old Kerryman believe people with valuable information have not yet come forward.

The son of an electrician beaten and left to die in his burning home has told how his father was one of the gentlest people he has ever known.

The father of two murdered at his home in Kerry had told friends he was concerned about his safety in the weeks leading up to his brutal death.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a 58-year-old man have assured locals in Killorglin, Co Kerry, there was no need for public alarm on personal safety.

Gardaí probing the suspicious death of a 58-year-old man, whose body was discovered after a fire at his home in the early hours of last Thursday, are attempting to piece together his last movements.

Gardaí are expected to launch a murder investigation after a post mortem examination carried out on the body of man in Co. Kerry found that he had sustained a number of injuries.