Garda boss seeks help over ‘gruesome’ murder of Kenneth O’Brien

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan yesterday urged people with information on the “gruesome” murder of Kenneth O’Brien to come forward.

Her appeal came as gardaí extended search operations from the scene where Mr O’Brien’s torso was found — along the Grand Canal in rural Co Kildare — to his west Dublin home, where he lived with his partner.

Mr O’Brien, aged 33 and a father of a four-year-old son, told his family last Friday he was “going to carry out some work down the country”.