Woman’s body discovered in Islandeady home

Woman’s body discovered in Islandeady home


The State Pathologist is making her way to Mayo today to carry out a post mortem on the body of a 46-year-old woman which was found in a house seven miles from Castlebar in the early hours of this morning.
A young man in his early 20s has been arrested and is currently being detained at Castlebar Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Act 1984.
The woman’s body was discovered at a house in the Derrycrieve area of Islandeady at approximately 1.40am after Gardaí were alerted to her death by another occupant of the house. A young man was then subsequently arrested at Corha, Islandeady, at 8am this morning.
The dead woman’s body is still at the scene awaiting the arrival of the State Pathologist.