Gardaí in Dublin were last night trying to identify a man whose body was discovered at Coke Lane, in the north inner city, yesterday afternoon. It was the fifth suspicious death in the State this week
The body is believed to be that of a man in his late 20s.
He had suffered head injuries and was partially clothed when found.
His remains were discovered at around 4 p.m. in a derelict warehouse close to where work was being carried out on the new Luas lines.
It was not known how long he had been there.
The body was discovered by a group of people, who reported the matter immediately at the nearby Bridewell Garda station.
Gardaí cordoned off the area, and officers from the Garda Technical Bureau examined the scene.
The disused warehouse in which the body was found is frequented by drug addicts and homeless people.
"At this stage we are just trying to find out who he was," said a Garda source.
"We are certainly treating it as a suspicious death, but until we know a bit more we can't say for certain if it is a murder."
A number of items were taken from the scene for examination yesterday.
A CCTV camera is situated at one route into the derelict warehouse.
It was hoped that this might shed some light on the events leading to the man's death.
The area immediately beside where the body was discovered was being used as a storage facility for heavy plant and construction materials for the Luas works.
No building activity had taken place there yesterday.
The Deputy State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, arrived at the scene last night to begin her examination of the body.
The discovery yesterday follows the shooting dead of Mr David McGuinness at his home on the Balrothery Estate, Tallaght, Dublin, early on Tuesday.
The body of a Finglas man, Mr Victor Murphy, was discovered at Dunsink Lane, Finglas, in Dublin, early on Wednesday.
