Gardaí investigating death of wheelchair user in Limerick river

The man is said to have entered the River Arra, in Newcastle West, shortly after midday today

The man's body has since been removed to University Hospital Limerick for a post mortem. File picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in a waterway in Co. Limerick this afternoon.

It’s understood the man was traveling on a wheelchair when he and the wheelchair entered the River Arra, in Newcastle West, shortly after midday today.