Death of lecturer who shot himself in GP surgery 'personal tragedy', say gardaí

The man was alone in a room at the Mallow Primary Healthcare Centre when he shot himself.

Gardaí are treating as a personal tragedy the death of a university lecturer who shot himself in a doctor’s surgery in north Cork.

A post mortem examination took place on Wednesday on the body of the man who died in a room at the Primary Healthcare Centre in Mallow on Tuesday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.