Gardaí investigating the murder of a retired farmer in Ardrahan, Co Galway have arrested a man.
The man in his early 20’s was arrested late this afternoon in Gort, Co Galway. He is currently being detained at Gort garda station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
Postmortem results have indicated that widower and father of three Finbar Fahy suffered head injuries as a result of a blunt-force trauma. His body was found by a family member in the living room of his house at Ballinduff, on the N18 road between Ardrahan and Gort, at 8am on Wednesday.
Gardaí were called and the area was sealed off for examination, but it had been initially believed that he died as a result of an accident.
Gardaí say they still have not established a motive for the killing,
It has been reported Mr Fahy may have died during an attempted robbery, but gardaí have refused to confirm this.
A postmortem on Mr Fahy’s body was carried out yesterday, and the investigation was then upgraded to murder.