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Paul Walsh, a brother of the deceased, said they have unanswered questions about why his brother’s remains were not identified sooner. The family said they had yet to be told if dental checks were carried out on Denis’s remains. “Garda appealed for information in May 1996 and yet no one in Galway connected the dots,” he said. "It’s like someone handed in a purse to gardaí and they waited for someone to come and claim it, that’s how I feel. Look, none of this is going to bring Denis back, but it could have saved us an awful lot of pain.”

The family of a Limerick man, who was declared missing for the past 25 years, have been informed by gardaí that his human remains were actually discovered in 1996, a few weeks after he disappeared. Denis Walsh was 23 years old when he went missing after walking out of his home, in Caherdavin for what was the final time on March 9, 1996. Over the years since, Mr Walsh’s parents, Denis Snr and Mary, have made appeals for information and even travelled abroad to follow up on a number of reported sightings of their missing son. Mr and Mrs Walsh said they were visited by two members of An Garda...

Denis Walsh was last seen on March 9, 1996. His remains have finally been identified, a quarter of a century later.

The family of a Limerick man, missing for the past 25 years, have been informed by gardaí that his human remains were actually discovered a few weeks after he disappeared.