A local Wexford councillor says the skeletal remains found near Ferns yesterday were in a bag.
A woman out walking her dog discovered the remains yesterday morning in a ditch.
Local Councillor Pip Breen says the woman had spotted the bag before Christmas and went to investigate yesterday.
"I think she first saw it on either Christmas Eve or the day before Christmas Eve," said Cllr. Breen.
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"She saw a big bag in the ditch and she thought it was suspicious enough to investigate it."
The remains, believed to be those of a woman, have now been removed from the scene in Ballyandrew.
