Skeletal remains found in car recovered from Cork Harbour

Gardaí have officially confirmed that the car which was found submerged in the river Owenabue, close to Hugh Coveney Pier in Crosshaven on Wednesday, is Mr Coughlan’s car.

Members of the Garda Water Unit at Hugh Coveney Pier, Crosshaven Co Cork for the recovery of a vehicle found in the water. Picture: Larry Cummins

Gardaí hope to solve a near 20-year-old missing person case following the discovery of skeletal remains in a car which was recovered from a river in Cork.

But the family of Barry Coughlan, 23, who was last seen in Crosshaven, Co Cork, on May 1, 2004, must wait for the results of DNA tests on the bones before the remains can be formally identified.