Gardaí investigating suspicious death at Courtown Harbour

Officers were called to an address in the Co Wexford town shortly after midnight.

Updated at 2.24pm

A GARDA INVESTIGATION is under way after a man was found dead at a house in the Courtown Harbour area.

Officers were called to the address at around midnight last night. One man was found dead, while a second man found injured at the scene was taken for treatment to Wexford General Hospital.

The Office of the State Pathologist and the Garda Technical Bureau have been informed, a garda spokesperson told TheJournal.ie.

The body remains at the scene, which has been sealed off pending the arrival of the forensic investigators.

A post mortem examination will be conducted at Waterford Regional Hospital, most likely tomorrow. The results will help determine the course of the investigation.

First posted at 11am.

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