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Man's body found in slurry pit on Co Cork farm

Human remains were found in a slurry pit on a Co Cork farm
Human remains were found in a slurry pit on a Co Cork farm Human remains were found in a slurry pit on a Co Cork farm

A MAN'S body was discovered in a slurry pit on a farm north of Cork city yesterday.

Gardaí are investigating after the body was found near to where a mobile phone belonging to a missing man was discovered.

Diarmuid Twomey (31) went missing before Christmas after a night out with his partner Ciara Byrne.

He was last seen near Fairhill in Cork in the early hours of Sunday December 20.

Mr Twomey's mobile phone was found in a farmyard at Ballinahina but there was no further trace of him.

The remains were found in a slurry pit on a neighbouring farm yesterday afternoon.