Image copyright RTE Image caption Supt Pat Ward said significant finds were made at various locations on Tuesday

A 32-year-old man subsequently presented himself to police, was arrested and is being questioned at Bray Garda Station in County Wicklow, 12 miles south of Dublin, where he can be questioned for up to 24 hours. However, when the State Pathologist’s Office confirmed the victim was female on Tuesday and Ms O’Connor’s head was found, the suspect then became crucial to the inquiry. He is accused of murdering Patricia O'Connor, 61, from Rathfarnham on May 29 or 30 on Mountain View Park in Churchtown in the south of the city. Shallow grave

Detectives believe her remains were dismembered in a field outside Kilmuckridge in County Wexford, 130km (80 miles) south of Dublin, and buried in a shallow grave, RTÉ reported. "What we have found are limbs, we've also found some significant parts of the torso and we've also found in one of the locations, in a bag, the head and the hands of the deceased."
The woman whose remains were found scattered along the Military Road in Wicklow, Ireland was named locally today as Patricia O'Connor, a 61 year old from Rathfarnham. A man was arrested in connection with this on Tuesday.