A man arrested yesterday over the death of a woman in Co Laois last November has been released this evening.
Yvonne O’Shea, a mother of four who was in her 30s, died after she went into the Grand Canal between Vicarstown and Athy on November 22nd. Gardaí went into the canal after Ms O’Shea but were unable to save her life.
The man (41) has been released without charge. A file will be prepared for The Director Of Public Prosecutions.
A postmortem on Ms O’Shea’s body established that the cause of death was drowning.
At the time it was reported that the car in which Ms O’Shea had been travelling with her husband and their four children had broken down close to the canal shortly before she died.
The man was arrested at 7.20am yesterday at Portlaoise Garda station.
