Gardaí investigating if homemade alcohol led to death of man in Midleton

A man has died, and his wife was hospitalised, with homemade alcohol suspected as a possible cause

A member of the Garda Forensic team at the duplex where a man was found dead at Ard Na Corann, Bloomfield West, Midleton, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

The consumption of homemade alcohol may have been a factor in the death of a man whose wife was found in critical condition in a house in East Cork on Monday.

Tests on empty bottles that gardaí recovered from the house in Midleton, combined with the results of toxicology tests conducted as part of the autopsy on the dead man, will prove crucial in determining what happened in this tragic case, which has all the hallmarks of accidental poisoning.