A murder investigation is underway after body parts were found in a field in Clonee, County Meath.

Gardaí have identified the remains as belonging to 37-year-old Dublin man, Christopher Gaffney, who's been missing from Blanchardstown since October.

An arm and other body parts were found at the Mayne in Clonee on Friday and yesterday.

Mick McCaffrey, Crime Correspondent with the Sunday World, says it's likely he was killed when he first went missing: