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02nd Aug 2021

Gardaí launch investigation after body discovered in Dublin park

Stephen Porzio

Kilkenny assault teenage girl investigation

Gardaí have said the post-mortem results will “determine the course of the investigation”.

Gardaí have said they are investigating all the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a body in a Dublin park on Monday morning.

The body was found in the Lorcan O’Toole Park in Kimmage at around 7.45am, a Garda spokesperson told JOE.

The local coroner has been notified and the body has since been removed to the Dublin City Mortuary.

It is there a post-mortem will take place at a later date.

Gardaí have said the results of the post-mortem will “determine the course of the investigation”.

Foul play is not suspected at this time.

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