State Pathologist to examine body found in search for missing Carraroe man

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A post mortem examination will be carried out this afternoon on the body of a man discovered in Clare as part of an investigation into a missing Carraroe man. Gardaí have sealed off an area near the Cliffs of Moher where a forensic examination is taking place. A man in his 40s was arrested in Galway earlier in connection with the disappearance of Adrian Folan. Gardaí are also carrying out searches at the Headford road as part of the investigation. Gardaí investigating the disappearance of Adrian Folan believe he may have been murdered by a person well-known to him. The 41-year-old was last seen alive in Athlone town around 20 to midnight last Thursday. Detectives had been investigating whether his body had been dumped in the river Shannon outside Athlone following an assault. However earlier today, Gardaí investigating Mr. Folan's disappearance recovered a body in a quarry, 5 kilometres from Liscannor in Co. Clare. A post-mortem examination will be carried out on the man's body at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick by the State Pathologist, Dr. Marie Cassidy. A Galway man in his 40s was arrested by Gardaí investigating the disappearance of Adrian Folan and he's being held at Millstreet Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.