DNA from unidentified man buried in West Cork sent to Interpol

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.