The family of a Limerick man, who was declared missing for the past 25 years, have been informed by gardaí that his human remains were actually discovered in 1996, a few weeks after he disappeared. Denis Walsh was 23 years old when he went missing after walking out of his home, in Caherdavin for what was the final time on March 9, 1996. Over the years since, Mr Walsh’s parents, Denis Snr and Mary, have made appeals for information and even travelled abroad to follow up on a number of reported sightings of their missing son. Mr and Mrs Walsh said they were visited by two members of An Garda Síochána over the weekend, who informed them that gardaí had received confirmation that human remains found in 1996 belong to their son.