
Investigation launched after body of man (70s) found in Co Kerry
The man's body was found in the early hours of Wednesday.
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At 4.00am, gardaí were notified of a man aged in his 70s who had been brought to University Hospital Kerry in Tralee, having earlier been found unresponsive outside a premises on Church Street in Kilgarvin.
He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Gardaí said the State pathologist and the local coroner had been notified and a postmortem had been arranged, the outcome of which would determine the course of the investigation.
The scene is preserved and investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.
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