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20th Aug 2021

Two men arrested in connection with discovery of woman’s body in Mayo

Stephen Porzio

Dublin

The body of the woman was found at an apartment in Westport last month.

Gardaí investigating the discovery of a woman’s body in Mayo have arrested two men.

The body of the woman, who was aged in her early 40s, was found at an apartment on Castlebar Street in Westport on Saturday, 31 July 2021.

The two men, aged in their 50s and 30s, are both being detained at Castlebar Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

A post-mortem on the body of the woman has been completed.

However, its results are not being released for operational reasons.

Investigations into the death are ongoing, a Garda spokesperson said.

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