Gardaí continue to question man after woman found dead in burnt-out car in Cork

Man was arrrested after being rescued from River Awbeg shortly after Mary O'Keeffe's body was found by gardaí in north Cork

The remains of a burnt-out car are removed from Drumdeer Wood, at Doneraile, Co Cork where Gardai discovered a body of a woman on Thursday afternoon. Picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí are retracing the steps of a 72-year-old woman found dead in a burnt-out car in woods in North Cork as they continue to question a Limerick man in connection with the killing. 

The man has been arrested on suspicion of the unlawful killing of widowed mother of three, Mary O'Keeffe, and is being held at Fermoy Garda Station.