'Now we have a place to visit Barry': Family tells inquest of their gratitude to those who found missing man's remains

In 2004, Barry Coughlan went missing from Crosshaven. It was only in 2021, thanks to Cork City Missing Persons Search and Recovery and new scanning tech they had, that his remains were located

At the inquest on Tuesday, Barry Coughlan's family paid tribute to An Garda Síochána, singling out two now retired officers for special mention, as well as the Cork City Missing Persons Search and Recovery team. 

The family of a man whose skeletal remains were found in his submerged car 17 years after he disappeared have issued an emotional thank you to everyone who helped search for him over the years.

Barry Coughlan’s family told Tuesday’s inquest into his death in Cork in 2004 that all those people have given them something they had waited 17 long years for — a place to visit him now.