Man's body found in van in Loughrea

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a man's body in a van in a car park in Loughrea, Co Galway.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a man's body in a van in a car park in Loughrea, Co Galway.

The man is a 44-year-old Polish national.

His body was found in the back of the van in a car park at Station Road at around 7.15am today and taken to University College Hospital in Galway.

A postmortem is to be carried out this afternoon by the State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy.

Foul play has not yet been ruled out.

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