Plea to identify body pulled from Liffey

Gardaí today appealed for help in identifying the body of a man pulled from the River Liffey nearly two months ago.

Forensic experts believe the man, who was around 45, may have been in the water for around six months before his badly decomposed body was found at Dublin’s Custom House Quay on May 14.

The man was described as between 5’8“ and 5’9” and had two sets of plastic rosary beads around his neck, one white and the other blue.

He may have been homeless.

He had been wearing a brown hooded top with Everlast printed on the back in blue, a black leather belt with Levi on the buckle, a pair of Hoi Polloi jeans, navy Lacoste tracksuit bottoms with a white stripe underneath and white Y-3 runners.

The garda press office said a post mortem by Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis and all other avenues had failed to identify the man and they appealed for the public’s help.

Foul play is not suspected.

Anyone with information should contact gardaí at Store Street station.