Gardai are appealing for witnesses following the murder of a man whose torso was found yesterday in a suitcase in the Grand Canal in County Kildare.

Garda forensics experts today inspected the scene near Ardclough village, and the Garda sub aqua team has been searching the canal.

Gardai believe the man was murdered in recent days.

Superintendent Gerry Wall of Leixlip Garda Station spoke to reporters in Ardclough this afternoon. The following is the press conference in full: