Gardaí are investigating the discovery of body in the Grand Canal in Co Kildare.
The body was found at 3.30pm in what gardaí described as a container at Ardclough Village, which is between Naas and Celbridge.
Gardaí were unable to say if the body was that of a man or a woman on Saturday evening.
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A Garda spokeswoman said the scene has been preserved to allow for a technical examination and that the office of the State Pathologist had been notified.
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A source said the matter was being treated as suspicious as a person would not have got themselves into the position the body was found in.
The investigation, being led by officers from Leixlip Garda station, is ongoing.