The partner of Elaine O’Hara’s father has testified that she ‘recoiled’ when she came across oily latex in Ms O’Hara’s apartment two days after she disappeared.

Murder detectives have until tomorrow to charge or release a father-of-two being questioned in connection with the killing of a childcare worker.

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.