Ireland

Man arrested after woman found dead in Dublin

The man is being held in a garda station in north Dublin (PA/Niall Carson)
The man is being held in a garda station in north Dublin (PA/Niall Carson)

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in Dublin.

The body of the woman was discovered in a house in Raheny in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The scene was held ahead of a garda technical bureau examination.

The body of the deceased remained at the scene.

The office of the State Pathologist will be notified.

A man aged in his 50s has been arrested and was taken to a garda station in north Dublin where he is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.