Gardaí looking to speak to couple over discovery of body in Dublin
Investigators are treating the death as suspicious.
Investigators are seeking to speak to a couple following the discovery of a man’s body in suspicious circumstances in Dublin.
Gardaí remained at the scene at about 1pm, after the man’s body was found in Phoenix Park at about 10.20am.
The man’s body also remained at the scene, which was preserved for technical examination at that time.
Speaking at a press conference about An Garda Síochána’s policing and security operation for the meeting of the European Political Community, Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly confirmed that an investigation was launched after gardaí deemed the man’s death suspicious.
“We have sealed off the scene and have experts on the scene,” he said.
“We won’t be able to make a public comment until after the post-mortem but we are treating it as suspicious.”
Asked if it has all the resources of a murder investigation, Mr Kelly said: “Yeah, absolutely.”
Gardaí said the results of a post-mortem examination will determine the course of the investigation.
They later said they are looking to speak with any person who visited the Wellington monument in Phoenix Park on at any time on Thursday.
In particular, gardaí are looking to speak with “a male and female couple in their 30s, possibly Italian” who were visiting the Wellington monument on Friday morning at about 10am.