Gardai are treating as suspicious the death of a man in his 40s at his home at Ballyfermot, Dublin, last night. The house, at Cloiginn Road, has been sealed off in advance of a forensic examination today.
The State Pathologist, Dr John Harbison, is expected to carry out a post-mortem this morning.
A family member found the body at the bottom of a flight of stairs at around 8.15 p.m.