POLICE in Ireland have launched an investigation after human remains were discovered in Co Louth.
The skeletal remains were unearthed at the rear of a house in Dundalk Co. Louth yesterday evening September 6.
Construction workers at the property alerted Gardaí to the find on Mary Street North in the town shortly before 5pm.
Gardaí attended the scene and contacted the Coroner, and the scene was preserved while a forensic anthropologist carried out an examination on the remains.
An Garda Síochána have said no further information is available at this time, but further updates will follow.
