Two arrested over Wexford murder

Gardaí investigating the death of a man at a caravan park in Rosslare Strand, Co Wexford have confirmed he was murdered.

Gardaí investigating the death of a man at a caravan park in Rosslare Strand, Co Wexford have confirmed he was murdered.

Anthony Cullen (37), of Hantoon Road, Maudlintown, in Wexford town, died at Burmah Caravan Park at the popular seaside resort.

A postmortem examination revealed he died from stab wounds.

Two men were last night in Garda custody in connection with the murder. One man (22) was detained early yesterday and a 17-year-old was arrested yesterday evening.

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Both are detained under Section 4 of the 1984 Criminal Justice Act and can be held for up to 24 hours of questioning.

Gardaí were alerted by the ambulance service and found Mr Cullen outside a caravan in the park at 3.30am yesterday.

Mr Cullen, who died at the scene, had suffered serious head injuries.

His body was removed to Wexford General Hospital where, yesterday evening, a State pathologist, Dr Michael Curtis, carried out the postmortem to confirm the cause of death.