Dental records may be used to confirm identity of body found in burnt-out car

Emergency services attended the scene following a report of a vehicle on fire on the Killeek Bridge shortly after 11am on Monday. 

DNA or dental records may have to be used to confirm the identity of a person found dead in a burning car in Dublin.

The badly burned body was discovered after gardaí and the fire service responded to a call out relating to a car on fire on Killeek Bridge, Killeek Lane in the Swords area of north county Dublin at around 11am on Monday.