Gardaí appeal for info on body found in Donegal

Gardaí are appealing for information after the body of a 47-year-old man was found on a road in Co. Donegal.

It is understood the local man was walking on the N15 near Ballyshannon town, when he was knocked down in the early hours of this morning.

His body has been taken to Sligo General Hospital, where the State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy is carrying out a post mortem examination.