Man held over death of woman in south Dublin

Body was found in a house in Firhouse on Sunday afternoon

Gardai are seen  outside the house (with two cars in driveway and green door) on Woodlawn Park Grove, Firhouse, on Sunday  where the body of a woman was discovered. Photograph: Collins
Gardai are seen outside the house (with two cars in driveway and green door) on Woodlawn Park Grove, Firhouse, on Sunday where the body of a woman was discovered. Photograph: Collins

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman in her fifties in south Dublin last weekend.

A man (58) was arrested in Dublin last night and is being questioned in connection with the deaths at Rathfarnham Garda station.

Maria Carroll’s body was found at a house on Woodlawn Park Grove, Firhouse at 1.30pm on Sunday.

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