Body may have been in drain for days

The body of a man found in a drain near a burnt out caravan in Offaly may have been there since Dec 29.

Gardaí were last night awaiting the results of an postmortem on Christy Daly, 47, before deciding on the course of their investigation.

The Clara man, a father of six who was known to gardaí, was found in a drain 100m from a burnt caravan and two burnt out cars at Bog Rd, Kilbride in Clara.