The man was arrested for the death of farmer Michael Gaine and later released without acquit, according to sources.
The man was in his 50s and was arrested Sunday afternoon. The man was challenged in detail at Killarney Garda station due to legal reasons.
Gardaí released the man at 10.15pm on Monday after about four interviews investigating the death of the 56-year-old farmer.
People close to the case told : “No document was passed to the public to file a lawsuit. He is a free man.”
Pat Mann, the attorney representing the arrested man, declined to comment when asked about the client.
Over the weekend, a site on Mr. Gaine’s 1,000-acre farm, there was a fierce Garda event, which was caused by the shock discovery of the human-organized agricultural contractors on Friday.
At the time, the man (who had contracted for the family for many years) was spreading mud from one of the two mud tanks under Mr. Gaine’s two bullpens. It was when he did this that a mechanism in the mud spreader was thought to be blocked and human tissue was subsequently discovered.
Gardaí confirmed on Saturday night that tests conducted by state pathologist Sally Anne Collis and forensic anthropologist Laureen Buckley showed that the tissue is human.
Mr. Gaine disappeared on March 20, and was last alive at Centra staff in Kenmere, where he purchased telephone credit and lunch rolls. The jeep he drove was found on his farm near the Moll gap, as well as his wallet and keys.
The investigation escalated into a homicide on April 29. His wife Janice and his sister Noreen made an emotional appeal the next day.
He was reportedly missing, Gardayi, Civil Defense, Kerry Hill Rescue, Defense Army soldiers and hundreds of volunteers searched for him on and around the farm.
