Gardai name male victim of Ballymun assault

Gardai have named the man whose body was found in Dublin's Ballymun yesterday as Gregory Rowan (44) from Sillogue Road in the…

Gardai have named the man whose body was found in Dublin's Ballymun yesterday as Gregory Rowan (44) from Sillogue Road in the area.

Gardaí in Ballymun have opened a murder inquiry following the discovery of the body of a man in north Dublin yesterday.

Mr Rowan's body was found at Sillogue Road shortly before 3pm yesterday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Earlier gardai launched a murder investigation into the incident after a postmortem found Mr Rowna was the victim of an assault.

A technical examination has been carried out at the scene.

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