The office of the Garda Ombudsman is investigating the death of a man in Garda custody last night.
The man (38) was found unconscious in a cell in Tallaght Garda station shortly after he was arrested for public order offences in the Killinarden area yesterday evening.
He was pronounced dead at Tallaght hospital last night.
A spokesman for the Garda Ombudsman Commission said this morning that Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy referred an incident to the office at 9.30pm.
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The incident was referred under section 102(1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the spokesman said.