Man held over Naas body find

Gardaí in Naas Co Kildare are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of a 47-year-old woman in…

Gardaí in Naas Co Kildare are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of a 47-year-old woman in a house at Lacken View, Naas, on Sunday last, August 19th.

A postmortem has been carried out at Naas General Hospital by the State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy and the results have been made known to investigating gardaí.

Details are not being released for operational reasons.

A 47-year-old man was arrested today in relation to the discovery and is being held at Naas Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

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