The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Kenmare still seeks justice for murdered farmer Michael Gaine

As Kenmare remembers Michael Gaine, questions persist about the failed search, the investigation, and whether justice will be delivered

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: The Michael Gaine murder investigation six months on - with Neil Michael

It’s been six months since Kenmare farmer Michael Gaine went missing, and four since parts of his body were discovered in a slurry tank.

There has been considerable criticism of the investigation because the slurry tank had already been searched.

A suspect in the investigation – American drifter Michael Kelley, who had been living on the Gaine farm in an old farmhouse – was arrested early in the case but released without charge. 

He is subject to a deportation order after a failed asylum bid and is now believed to be living in Tralee.

The family held a funeral for Mr Gaine in June, with his ashes carried into Holy Cross Church in a sheepskin-lined basket — a soft resting place for a man remembered as “soft and loving, caring and affectionate, kind and considerate.”

Six months after Mr Gaine’s disappearance, Irish Examiner reporter Neil Michael went to Kenmare to ask whether locals believe the person who killed him will ever be caught.

Neil is the guest on today’s episode of The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast.