LAST UPDATE | 8 May 2023

A MAN HAS been released from custody after he was arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a woman’s body in Sligo earlier this week.

The woman, 50s, was discovered at a home in Sligo town shortly after 8:30pm last Monday.

The man in his 30s has been released from a Garda station in the North West region and a file will be prepared for the DPP.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Sligo Garda Station on 071 9157000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

Investigations are ongoing.

With reporting from Jamie McCarron

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Man released from custody after being arrested on suspicion of murdering woman in Sligo

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