Gardaí probe death of man after pub row

GARDAÍ are investigating the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a man found dead at his home the morning after he was caught up in a row outside a pub.

Malcolm Franey, aged 42, is believed to have died in his sleep just hours after he returned to his home in the Brooklands estate in Wicklow town. He had earlier abandoned an evening pint in nearby Rathnew village when the row broke out.

His shocked wife discovered him lying lifeless in bed shortly before 7am yesterday morning. An ambulance was called, but Mr Franey was pronounced dead at the scene.