Gardaí are seeking the public’s help following yesterday’s discovery of a body in the Grand Canal near Ardclough Co Kildare.
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.
