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10th Sep 2019

Man and woman arrested on suspicion of murder in Cork

Carl Kinsella

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Two arrests have been made.

GardaĆ­ investigating the discovery of the body of a man in his 50s in a house on the Bandon Rd, Cork City, have made two arrests as of Tuesday afternoon.

A spokesperson for An Garda SĆ­ochĆ”na confirmed today that two people ā€” a man and a woman ā€” had been arrested on suspicion of murder. The woman is in her early 50s and the man is in his early 40s.

The manā€™s body was discovered by GardaĆ­ shortly after 11.30am Saturday, 7 September.

The female is being detained at Togher Garda Station while the male is being detained at Mayfield Garda Station. Both are detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

The arrests follow a separate incident in Cork yesterday, where the body of a man in his 20s was found in a farmhouse at 7am.

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