Grim discovery

A BODY suspected to be that of Irish tourist Ken Moore, who has been missing for almost five months, has been found in a field in Alicante.

Workers from a gardening company in the Aqua Amarga area of Alicante stumbled across the body in an advanced state of decomposition in a field.

Policia Nacional officers were called in and discovered Moore's passport in his cloth-

After five months a body has turned up in the bizarre case of a missing Irish tourist

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By Anthony Piovesan & Alex Trelinski

ing. Forensic officers are now testing DNA to confirm the

COSTLY COCK-UP

A PAIR of company numbskulls who ordered 31 new trains for the Asturias to Cantabria rail line have been sacked after the rolling stock was too big to fit its tunnels.

Cantabria president, Miguel Angel Revilla, described events as an ‘outrageous cock-up’. Rail operator Renfe said its rolling stock manager had been dismissed while track infrastructure company, Adif, also fired its technology inspector.

Transport Minister, Raquel Sanchez, insisted the trains - costing €258 million - were still in the design phase, which will cut the extra expenditure to revamp the design. But the project is now expected to be put back two years adding an unknown cost to the price.

53-year-old’s identity, in addition to an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Moore’s sister Tanya Foley had this week still received no confirmation the body belonged to her brother, but said she did not have high hopes.

“It is Ken, I feel it in my heart,” she told the Olive Press this week.

This newspaper broke the story after the construction worker from Cork was due to fly back home on October 7, but never returned.

The next day he had told his sister that he wanted to remain in Spain for a few extra days. His last sighting was 70 kilometres south of Alicante in Villamartin on October 31, with a formal report of his disappearance filed with Alicante police on November 28. There were no signs of any vi-