State Pathologist, Dr Sally Anne Collis and Forensic Anthropologist Laureen Buckley have carried out preliminary examinations at the scene on Saturday afternoon.

The operation was launched after the Coast Guard received an emergency call from the man on board the vessel who reported the incident at around 10:40pm on Saturday.

Luke Price, (27), originally from Geashill, Co Offaly, travelled from his home in Portlaoise to Limerick on January 14th last, and he has not been seen alive since.

Gardaí have been searching open land over the last week for William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane.

Several of the Garda armed unit entered the children's bedroom and pointed their guns at a wardrobe

Gardaí took possession of the property on Monday after being granted a District Court order.

A body has been recovered from the sea off Co Clare as the search for a missing boy resumed for a sixth day

Fran McGuinness (62), brother of the late Cyril 'Dublin Jimmy' McGuinness, claims he has been the victim of garda harassment over several years

A man in his 20s had been rescued from the water at the same location earlier on Thursday

Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster has attended the property in Youghal, Co Cork

The man absconded from police custody shortly after being arrested at midday on Saturday

Her requiem mass will take place on Saturday at 11.30am in the Church of Our Lady and St John, with burial following at St John’s Cemetery, Ballinrea.

Gardaí, the Coast Guard, Rescue 118 and the Donegal Mountain Rescue Team are involved in the search

The man, 34, was detained in the Ballymena area on Saturday.

The possibility Levi had drowned in or near the port waters emerged several weeks ago.

The probe is part of the PSNI’s investigation into the New IRA.

One man's remains were discovered on Saturday afternoon, while the second man's body was located just after midday on Sunday

The two men have been missing since last Saturday and Tuesday respectively

Officers executed a search warrant at a property in Tallaght on Wednesday at approximately 12pm.

The bodies were discovered following separate incidents