GARDAÍ suspect a 100-year-old human skull found in a Dublin garden may have been placed there in the last two or three years.

A skull discovered by a woman in her back garden is around 100 years old, gardaí revealed today.

An Investigation was launched this afternoon after a human skull was found in a garden in Rathfarnham, South Dublin.

A human skull was discovered today in the undergrowth of a garden in south Dublin.