File to be sent to DPP over death of theatre worker

GARDAÍ IN Cork are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after questioning a man about a suspicious death …

GARDAÍ IN Cork are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after questioning a man about a suspicious death in the city earlier this year.

Detectives arrested a man in his 30s on Thursday and interviewed him about the death of Ian Queally, who died on May 20th at Cork University Hospital.

Mr Queally (37), originally from Blackrock, Cork, collapsed after presenting himself at the hospital on May 14th. Mr Queally told hospital staff he had been involved in a fight the previous night.

Detectives say Mr Queally spent the night of May 13th/May 14th in a house in the Deerpark area.

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Mr Queally was involved with the Cork Arts Theatre Club where he acted and worked as a stage designer. His father is well-known Cork actor Jim Queally.