Gardaí question man after body found at hospital

GARDAÍ are continuing to question a man after the body of an elderly pensioner suffering from dementia was found at a public hospital’s in-patient mental health unit.

Officers arrested the man in his 40s yesterday after the remains of Michael Treanor, 82, were found by cleaning staff at Cavan General Hospital just after 7am.

Mr Treanor, who is from Darva Carrickroe near Emyvale in Co Monaghan, had been diagnosed with dementia but is not believed to have been undergoing in-patient treatment at the hospital.