Man, 33, dies in fall from balcony

GARDAÍ are describing the events leading to the death of man in north Dublin yesterday as a “domestic incident”.

In the incident a 33-year-old fell five floors from the balcony of a flat complex on to the front windscreen of a Volkswagen car at around 7am yesterday morning. The Lithuanian national was rushed to the Mater Hospital were he later died of his injuries.

A 31-year-old woman, also from Lithuania and believed to be the man’s partner, was taken to the hospital for treatment to injuries received prior to the man’s fall.