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Two men arrested in connection with the discovery of a woman's body in Mayo

The body of the deceased was discovered in an apartment on Castlebar Street in Westport earlier this month.

TWO MEN HAVE been arrested by gardaí investigating the discovery of a woman’s body in Westport last month.

The men, aged in their 50s and 30s, are both being detained at Castlebar Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

The body of the woman, aged in her early 40s, was discovered in an apartment on Castlebar Street, Westport on 31 July.

A post-mortem on the body has been completed, but the results are not being released for operational reasons, gardaí said.

Investigations are ongoing.

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