Searches continued this afternoon on the farm of missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine, with much of the search activity focused on the farmyard in Carrig East and the adjoining fields.
Forensic examinations are being carried out by the Garda Technical Bureau on the slurry tanks in the outhouses and on the slurry spreaders in the farmyard.
A unit of the Kerry Fire Service is also present on the farm, as well as a large industrial drain cleaning unit.
Michael Gaine, also known as Mike, has been missing from his farm in Kenmare since 20 March.
Members of the Defence Forces are engaged in the slow work of sifting through large piles of earth and stones adjacent to the farm buildings, while another team of gardaí is focusing its attention on a site in a field immediately below the farmyard.
The Garda Dog Unit is using sniffer dogs in a wider search of adjacent fields.
This area was the location of the initial discovery of human tissue last Friday evening, when slurry from Mr Gaine's farm was being spread on the land by a friend of the family.
Further pieces of human tissue were subsequently discovered during a search of slurry tanks in Mr Gaine’s farm buildings.
Another area of interest lies about one kilometre to the south of Mr Gaine’s farmyard, where teams of gardaí and members of the Defence Forces are systematically combing rough fields.
It is understood that slurry was disposed of in this area when the slurry tanks on Mr Gaine’s farm were being emptied in the initial stages of the search for the missing farmer.
Last night, a man in his 50s was released without charge, having been questioned in Killarney Garda Station on suspicion of murder for the maximum period of 24 hours.
