Mystery over small coffin dug up by gardaí in Donegal

Mystery surrounds the exhumation yesterday of what was first believed to be the remains of a child from a Donegal graveyard.

The graveyard was cordoned off at Annagry, a Gaeltacht village in the west of the county, during the investigation.

Gardaí arrived at around 6am and placed a large black forensic tent around a grave. A small coffin was moved as part of the operation and it was first understood to contain the remains of a child who died within the past 18 months.