Latest: Man who died after being found in Cork public toilets 'was out socialising with family members'
An investigation is underway following the death of a 42-year-old man who was found in an unresponsive state in a public toilet in Cork city centre early this morning.
He was pronounced dead a short time later.
The man, who lived in Carrigaline area, was found in the public toilets on the Grand Parade in the city centre at around 1am.
Emergency services were called and the man was taken by ambulance to the Mercy University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The man had no obvious signs of injury or any obvious cause of death but gardai cordoned off the toilet area for a forensic examination by garda technical experts.
A Garda spokesman said that they hope a post-mortem examination, which is due to be carried out later today at Cork University Hospital, will establish how exactly the man died.
It is understood the man was out socialising with family members and it was they who raised the alarm when he failed to emerge from the public toilets.
Gardaí in Cork are investigating the death of a man found in the public toilets at Grand Parade, writes .
The man, aged in his early 40s was pronounced dead at The Mercy Hospital after being taken from the scene at approximately 1am this morning.
The scene is currently preserved.
Gardaí said the discovery is not being treated as suspicious at this stage.
A post-mortem is scheduled to be performed later today.
More to follow.
