Gardaí attempt to identify body

GARDAÍ in Killarney are still trying to identify a body found near Ross Castle, on Monday.

One line of investigation is that the badly decomposed remains may be those of a 42-year-old Polish man, who has been missing from the area for about 10 weeks.

Dariusz Giera was reported missing from his flat at Fairhill, Killarney, on August 20, but had not been seen for several days prior to that date.

A post-mortem examination was carried out at Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, yesterday.

The area where the body was found by two men, at around 3pm on Monday, has been forensically examined.

DNA samples and dental records are also being checked.

The remains — discovered in a marshy, wooded area about 50 metres off the busy road to Ross Castle — could have been there for a number of months and are most likely those of a man, according to gardaí.

Since his disappearance, gardaí have issued several appeals to help find Mr Giera, who was last seen by his family when he visited them in Poland in July.

Gardaí were concerned how he had vanished without trace and they had no leads in the case.

Photographs were handed out to people attending a Polish Mass, in Killarney, and appeals for information were placed in Polish newspapers.

Mr Giera left his passport and safepass card at his residence. His mobile phone and bank account were not used after his disappearance.

He had been working in the construction industry in Killarney and shared a two-bedroom flat with three other Polish nationals. He had worked in the Rathmore area up to Christmas of last year.