Gardaí investigating unexplained death of man in Co Kerry

Man in his 70s was found unresponsive outside premises in Kilgarvan in the early hours of Wednesday morning

The area in Kilgarvan has been sealed off. Stock photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times
The area in Kilgarvan has been sealed off. Stock photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Gardaí are investigating “all of the circumstances” following the unexplained death of a man found unresponsive outside a premises in Kilgarvan, Co Kerry in the early hours of Wednesday morning. An area has been sealed off.

At about 4am gardaí were notifiedthat a man in his 70s had been brought to University Hospital Kerry in Tralee. He had earlier been found unresponsive outside a premises on Church Street in Kilgarvan and was subsequently pronounced deceased at the hospital.

The State Pathologist and the local coroner have been notified. A postmortem has been arranged, the outcome of which will determine the course of the investigation.

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