Gardai investigate body in burnt out caravan

A body has been found in a caravan in Co Clare which has been destroyed by fire.

A body has been found in a caravan in Co Clare which has been destroyed by fire.

Gardai said they have not yet determined the gender of the body which is in a field at Ballybornagh, between Tubber and Kinvarra.

The Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis is travelling to the scene to carry out a post mortem and the area has been sealed off for technical examination.

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