Garda dig at St Anne's Park continues

Gardaí will this morning begin a third day of excavations in a north Dublin park in their search for human remains.

Gardaí will this morning begin a third day of excavations in a north Dublin park in their search for human remains.

The dig began on Monday at St Anne's Park, Raheny, after gardaí received a tip-off that a man had been murdered and his body buried in the park about 10 years ago.

Gardaí sealed off a large section of the park at the corner of James Larkin Road and Watermill Road. Search teams using sniffer dogs identified a number of excavation sites after the tip-off.

It is understood that gardaí are uncertain about the veracity of the claim made by the caller that a body is buried in the park. However, the information relating to the exact location was specific, prompting gardaí to begin the excavations.