Missing Cork man’s partner briefed after recovery of body from slurry pit

Gardai have briefed the partner of a father of two who has been missing for over a month after a man’s body was recovered from a slurry pit last night close to where he was last seen.

The body was recovered from an open pit on a farm in Rahaniskey, near Whitechurch, on the northern outskirts of Cork City after a painstaking two-hour operation conducted under lights last night.

The remains were taken to Cork University Hospital were an autopsy will take place this morning.