Backpack floating in Liffey was attached to body, inquest hears

A security worker at a Dublin boathouse who saw a backpack floating in the River Liffey later discovered it was attached to a body, an inquest heard. Alan Coleman of Trinity Boathouse, Islandbridge, Dublin 8 spotted the backpack in the river on Sunday, March 8 2015.

The following day, he went to examine the backpack and found it was attached to a body.

“The next day the backpack was in the same position. I pulled on the backpack and a human arm rose out of the water,” Mr Coleman said in his deposition.