Michael Gaine: what do gardaí believe happened and what evidence has been uncovered?

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Garda forensics teams at Michael Gaine's farm near Kenmare in Co Kerry on Sunday. Photograph: Domnick Walsh/Eye Focus LTD .
Garda forensics teams at Michael Gaine's farm near Kenmare in Co Kerry on Sunday. Photograph: Domnick Walsh/Eye Focus LTD .

On Sunday, gardaí announced they had arrested and were questioning a 50-year-old man on suspicions of the murder of Michael Gaine, who vanished in Co Kerry in March.

Mr Gaine’s farm was swarmed over the weekend by Garda forensic teams and detectives after human remains were discovered in slurry spread across the farm just outside Kenmare.

The suspect’s arrest was the first time anyone has been detained by gardaí since the investigation began.

What do gardaí now believe happened to Michael Gaine and has any other evidence been uncovered? And what happens next in this murder investigation?

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Presented by Sorcha Pollak. Produced by Declan Conlon.

Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak is an Irish Times reporter specialising in immigration issues and cohost of the In the News podcast

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