A post mortem is due to take place this morning on the body of a woman discovered in County Wicklow yesterday.

The remains were discovered in a shed in Clogher, just outside Ashbourne during the search for missing 47-year-old Anne Shortall, who had been missing since Good Friday.

A 38-year-old man arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with the investigation remains in garda custody this morning.

Gardaí have also sealed off a second site at the Multimetals Recycling Plant on the Port Road in Wicklow, around 10kms away from where the body was discovered.

A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on the woman's body.

Garreth McNamee is a crime reporter with the Mirror Newspaper: