Updated 10.40pm
THE SKELETAL REMAINS of a body have been discovered at a house in Co Louth.
Gardaí in Dundalk were contacted just before 5pm this evening by construction workers at a house on Mary Street North in the border town.
The remains were unearthed at the rear of the house.
A forensic anthropologist has confirmed that the remains are human and the State Pathologist will carry out an examination in the morning.
The scene has been preserved.
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