Court charges man with murder of part-time DJ whose body was found 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, writes Conor Kane of the Irish Examiner.

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 last night.