Gardaí investigating the discovery of a body in the canal at Ardclough, County Kildare have identified the deceased.
Gardai will hold a press briefing this evening at 8.00pm at Leixlip Garda Station.
Members of the media should confirm their attendance to pressoffice@garda.ie
Previous press releases refer.
Garda Press Office
Gardaí investigating the discovery of the body of a man in the Grand Canal near Ardclough, Co Kildare are continuing to appeal for the public’s help.
Following yesterday’s appeal for people who were in the area of the canal between Thursday and Saturday Gardaí received a large number of calls from the public and the information received is being examined by the investigation team. We want to thank anyone who has contacted us and continue to appeal for anyone who was in the area to come forward.
Gardaí are making a fresh appeal today. Superintendent Gerry Wall says, "we know that the man was killed at another location and the focus of our investigation is to find where the man was killed. We are asking people returning to their property or premises after the weekend to check to see if there was anything unusual. Was a room or equipment disturbed or their premises in anyway different than when they left. Did you as an employee of employer notice anything different in your premises? If so please contact the incident room at Leixlip Garda Station 01 666 7800".
Note to editor; Superintendent Gerry Wall will be available to make this appeal at Leixlip Garda Station at 2.30pm today 18th January.
Garda Press Office
Superintendent Gerry Wall says "Gardaí are appealing for anyone who used the canal between last Thursday 14th and Saturday 16th January 2016 in the area between Kearneystown and Ardclough Bridge to contact Leixlip Gara Station on 01 666 7800. People may have walked or cycles or been in the area in the last week and we are asking them to please contact us”.
Garda Divisional Search and the Garda Water Unit continue to search in the area and a full technical examination of the scene is being carried out by the Garda Technical Bureau.
The death is being treated as murder and Gardaí can confirm that the body is that of a male and that there has been no positive identification of the deceased.
The body has been removed to the morgue at Naas general Hospital where Dr Michael Curtis will carry out a post mortem examination this afternoon.
Garda Press Office
Gardaí investigating the discovery of a body in the canal at Ardclough, County Kildare will make a witness appeal close to the scene at 2pm this afternoon, Sunday 17th January 2016.
Members of the media are invited to rendezvous adjacent to the GAA grounds in the village at 1.45pm this afternoon. Superintendent Gerry Wall, Leixlip will make a witness appeal through the media at 2pm.
Members of the media should confirm their attendance to pressoffice@garda.ie
Garda Press Office
Gardai in Leixlip are investigating the discovery of a body in a container, in the canal at Ardclough Village, Co. Kildare this afternoon, Saturday 16th January, 2016 at approximately 3.30p.m.
The scene is currently preserved pending a technical examination and the body remains at the scene. The Office of the State Pathologist has been notified.
The investigation is ongoing and further updates will follow.
