DNA from unidentified man buried in West Cork sent to Interpol 

Man, whose remains were found in the River Lee at the Lee Fields in July 1999, was exhumed from his grave earlier this month in an effort to identify him

The man's remains were found in the River Lee at the Lee Fields in July 1999. File picture: Denis Minihane

DNA samples taken from the remains of an unidentified man exhumed from his West Cork grave have been sent to Interpol in a bid to solve a 25-year-old mystery.

The man’s remains were reinterred in St Patrick’s cemetery in Bandon on Thursday, over three weeks after being exhumed on November 5. DNA samples were harvested and will now be used in an attempt to identify him.