Gardai investigate death of woman in Cork

The death of a 45-year-old woman in a flat in Cork city is being treated as suspicious by gardaí.

The death of a 45-year-old woman in a flat in Cork city is being treated as suspicious by gardaí.

The woman’s body was found in a flat in Leitrim Street in the city just after midnight.

The scene is being preserved for a technical examination. The Deputy State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, is expected at the scene to carry out a post mortem.

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