Gardaí in Mullingar are investigating the discovery of a man's body at a house near Miltownpass yesterday evening.
His body was discovered in a house, in the Rattin area, around 6 kilometres from Miltownpass just after 6 o’clock yesterday evening.
The man, believed to have been in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
The State Pathologist and Garda Technical Bureau have been called in, to assist local Gardaí in the investigation.
The State Pathologist has yet to arrive in Rattin near Miltownpass, County Westmeath where a man’s body was discovered yesterday evening. pic.twitter.com/BGdwXbc6Gu
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Gardaí are treating the investigation as ‘the discovery of a body in unexplained circumstances’.
The coroner has also been notified, and a postmortem examination is likely to be carried out of the man’s body today.
Gardaí say the results of the postmortem will determine the course of the investigation.
