Search goes on, but brother says he believes missing man was murdered

A brother of a man who has been missing for more than 15 months said yesterday he believes his brother was murdered.

John Ryan was speaking yesterday as a Garda search team combed through an area of woodland between Tipperary town and Bansha as part of an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Bobby Ryan, aged 52, from his home near Cashel.

No trace of the missing man was found during the day-long operation.