Numerous anti-social behaviour reports at Dublin flat where man's body found 

The man was found dead having suffered serious head injuries at the flat in the north inner city just after 6pm on Monday.

Gardai at the scene of a body that was found on the ground floor flat in Kevin Barry House on Coleraine Street in Dublin’s north inner city. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

A flat in which the body of a man was discovered in central Dublin had been the subject of numerous reports of anti-social behaviour incidents in recent months.

The man was found dead having suffered serious head injuries at the flat in Kevin Barry House, about a five-minute walk from O’Connell Street, in the north inner city just after 6pm on Monday. 

It is believed he had been dead for a number of days.

A murder investigation has now been launched.

The Peter McVerry Trust, which managed the apartment under the Housing First programme, has said staff visited the property in recent days including over the weekend but had no indication that someone was dead there.

It said the tenancy of another individual had begun to break down in recent months as the tenant "was struggling to manage the front door and individuals who had no interest in the property or the tenant's recovery" but who were getting into and using the property.

A number of other people were present in the flat at the time the discovery of the body was made by gardaí.

It is understood that there were numerous incidences of large groups of people gathering in and around the flat, with allegations of drink and drug-taking taking place at the premises.

The Peter McVerry Trust said it was not aware the flat was being used as a drugs den.