Gardaí are treating the death of a man whose body was found in an apartment in north Dublin as suspicious.
The discovery of the body was made at 2.30pm on Wednesday in the Merchamp complex on Seafield Road East in Clontarf after a neighbour who had a key to the man's apartment let himself in when he had not heard from his friend for several days.
Neighbours say the man's body was covered and lying on a couch in the apartment. He was a single man and is believed to have been a factory worker.
Gardaí are investigating reports that he died violently.
A forensics team was called in and conducted an extensive search of the apartment and surrounding grounds. They also interviewed neighbours, family and friends yesterday.
Assistant State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis carried out a postmortem yesterday on the body of the 50-year-old man. The results are expected to be made available this morning.
His body was removed late yesterday evening to the City Morgue for further examination.
