Detectives are trawling through an online dating website following the discover of a woman’s remains in the Dublin Mountains.

Gardaí are keeping an open mind on the possibility of links between the disappearance of Elaine O’Hara and other disappearances as part of Operation Trace and the search for women missing in the Leinster area since the 1990s.

A murder inquiry is expected to be confirmed as gardaí piece together several locations linked to the death of a woman whose body was found in a mountain forest.

Skeletal remains found in mountains near Dublin have been identified as Elaine O’Hara, who had been missing for over a year.