Gardaí search Wicklow playground after fatal attack on father of six

Gardaí search the grounds of St Fergal's Church in Bray, Co Wicklow, after a body was found stabbed to death next door in a Ballywaltrim playground on Sunday evening. Picture: Padraig O'Reilly

Extensive searches were conducted throughout Monday around a park and a playground in Bray, Co Wicklow, where a father died following an attack.

William 'Willie' Moorehouse, aged 36, with an address at the Half Moon Halting Site at Windgates, south of Bray, was found by a passerby in the park at around 6pm on Sunday.