Garda saw human leg after opening buried barrel

What was described as a "gruesome" discovery was made by gardaí who found the body of a 30-year-old woman buried in a barrel in Capoley, Portlaoise.

Sgt Liam Mulhall was giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a 25-year-old man charged with murdering a Laois woman.

Robert Corbet of Sheffield Cross, Co Laois, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Aoife Phelan, aged 30, between October 25 and November 7, 2012, but admitted to manslaughter earlier this week.