Post mortem expected on body found at roadside

THE deputy State Pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster, was due in Limerick last night to carry out a post mortem on a middle-aged man whose body was found by the roadside near Killaloe, Co Clare, earlier in the day.

He was named as Seán Kennedy, a single man aged 54, who lived with his elderly mother.

Mr Kennedy’s body was discovered about 300 yards from his home at Ardnataggle, Ballina, at around 10am yesterday.