Woman’s body dumped in refuse bag

GARDAÍ are expected to launch a murder investigation following the discovery of the badly decomposed remains of a woman, thought to be of African origin, wrapped in plastic.

The discovery under a stone bridge off a byroad on the borders of Kilkenny, Waterford and Tipperary was made by a female passerby and her sister just before noon yesterday.

Local woman Edna Oakey was out for a walk with her sister and contacted gardaí when they saw the body, with red-painted toenails, which appeared to have been thrown over the remote bridge near Piltown in south Kilkenny.