Gardaí dismiss foul play in man's death in Dublin

A man found dead in Dublin yesterday was the victim of an accident, gardaí said today.

A man found dead in Dublin yesterday was the victim of an accident, gardaí said today.

Results of a post-mortem on the body were not released, but gardaí do not believe the death was suspicious.

A Garda spokeswoman said: "We believe it was accidental. It's not a murder investigation."

The body of the man, in his early 40s, was discovered in a flat at Harold's Cross Road in Terenure at 1.30 p.m. yesterday by the man's landlord.

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Gardaí were suspicious about wounds on the man's body and the flat was sealed off while members of the Garda Technical Bureau carried out a forensic investigation.

The man's body was believed to have lain in the flat for a number of days.

The name of the man, who lived alone at the flat, has not been released.