Mystery of 'cliff plunge' victim's drinks with couple

Body of man in 60s found by Slieve League | Man & woman were arrested and released

- JOHN HAND

A MAN who is believed to have been thrown off a cliff was last seen in public enjoying live music in a village pub with two people hours before his death. 

Gardai are studying CCTV from inside the bar and believe the pair may hold vital clues on the victim’s last movements.

Forensic Science Ireland were also last night analysing DNA from the dead man’s relatives and samples from the body recovered near Donegal’s Slieve League on Monday morning to confirm his identity.

The Irish Mirror has learned the man arrived at Mac’s Bar in Dunkineely, Co Donegal, at 10.30pm on Saturday, June 24, with a woman and another man.

Sources said they all sat together and drank around five drinks before the premises stopped serving at 12.30am.

The trio finished their drinks and left the pub at 1.10am on Sunday morning, driving away in a car in the direction of Killybegs, around 10 minutes away.

A source said: “There was no sign of any tension whatsoever at that stage and in the pub there had been no issues at all with them.”

Just over an hour after leaving Dunkineely, it’s suspected the same car was seen passing a pub on the route up to Slieve League, which is the far side of Killybegs.

Beyond that licensed premises, there are two routes, one to a cliff walk on the mountain and the other to Teelin Pier.