Man questioned over pensioner’s killing

A young man is being questioned about the violent death of a man in his 60s who was found battered to death inside his sheltered housing unit on the southside of Cork City yesterday.

The man, who is in his early 20s, walked into Togher Garda Station yesterday afternoon just hours after the body of Joe O’Callaghan, 66, was found in a pool of blood in his sheltered housing unit in Douglas.

It is understood the man who presented himself voluntarily to gardaí was known to the deceased. He was arrested at the garda station and is being detained there under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, which allows garda to hold suspects for up to 24 hours.