Murder charge over body in slurry tank

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a part-time DJ whose body was found in a slurry tank two years after he went missing.

Pat Quirke, aged 49, of Breanshamore, Tipperary, was arrested on Tuesday at Grangemore in Tipperary and brought to the local Garda station where he was charged on Tuesday night.

The accused was brought to a sitting of Tipperary District Court yesterday accused of murdering 52-year-old Bobby Ryan in or about June 3, 2011 at an unknown location.