Interpol helping to identify body part found in nets off West Cork coast

A general view of Mizen Head in West Cork. DNA has been extracted from the body part, which was taken from the sea off Mizen Head, in a bid to help identify it. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

Interpol is being consulted in a bid to identify the body part of a person found in nets off the coast of West Cork, while efforts are also being made to identify the remains of a man known only by an alias.

DNA has been extracted from the body part, which was taken from the sea off Mizen Head, in a bid to help identify it. However, the search has been extended beyond Ireland, with help being sought from Interpol, according to the coroner for South and West Cork, Frank O’Connell.