Skeletal remains recovered from Crosshaven identified as Barry Coughlan

Despite exhaustive searches of the river in 2004, Mr Coughlan and his car were not found until last month.

Barry Coughlan has been missing since 2004. His remains were identified today by gardaí after a car was recovered last month from the waters off Hugh Coveney Pier. File picture. 

Skeletal remains recovered from a car submerged off Hugh Coveney Pier in Crosshaven, Co Cork have been identified as that of Barry Coughlan. 

Mr Coughlan, 23, was last seen in the Cork coastal village near the location of the car after he went missing on May 1, 2004.