Foul play ruled out in death of man at Dundalk house

A man in his twenties has died in Dundalk, Co Louth. A postmortem examination has ruled out foul play and established that the man died from natural causes.

A man had been questioned over the death of the man yesterday morning. He was subsequently released without charge after the cause of death was determined.

According to a source, the men - who knew each other - had been involved in an argument following a night out.

Emergency services were called to a house in the Oaklawns estate of the town at 3.45am yesterday morning to treat an injured man. The man (29) died a short time later at the scene.

Gardaí had sealed off the house for technical examination and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis also attended the scene.