Probe after man dies at Central Mental Hospital

AN investigation is to be launched into the death of a man at the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin over the weekend.

Michael McDonagh, believed to have been aged 21, died at the CMH in Dundrum. It is understood his body was found at 6am on Saturday and other residents at the hospital were told he had passed away in his sleep.

Mr McDonagh was a Traveller from the Longford area. His death will now be the subject of an inquest by the Dublin City Coroner.