Gardaí have released a man they had been questioning in connection with the death of another man in Dublin.

The remains of the 64-year-old man were found in the mountains close to a forest-track on Ballinascorney Hill in Brittas on the Dublin-Wicklow border on Friday. Officers believe he had been assaulted.

The discovery was made after the man’s family had reported him as missing on Thursday.

A post mortem examination took place at Tallaght Hospital which led Gardaí to launch a murder investigation.

A 41-year-old man was detained yesterday and taken to Tallaght garda station for questioning. He has now been released without charge.