Pensioner held after man found dead in Bantry

A pensioner has been arrested in connection with the suspicious death of another man in west Cork.

The body of a 53-year-old man was discovered by gardaí on waste land in Bantry yesterday evening.

The discovery of the unnamed man’s body was made at 5.20pm on an embankment near a housing estate which overlooks Bantry Bay. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a local doctor.