Asylum Seeker Found Dead in Monaghan November 2, 2022 Nicola Irish News </p> <h2>Asylum Seeker Found Dead</h2> <p> Gardaí are keeping an open mind about the discovery of a man’s body in a hotel near Carrickmacross, Monaghan yesterday.</p> <p>They believe that the 25-year-old died from a head injury but are investigating how it happened.</p> <p>The man was an asylum seeker from Nigeria and had only recently arrived in Ireland.</p> <p>“There was an incident on Halloween night [and] Gardaí were called,” Irish Times Security and Crime Editor Conor Lally told Newstalk Breakfast.</p> <p>“There was a row between several men; Gardaí were called and when they arrived, the situation had calmed down and there was no intervention then required by the local Gardaí.</p> <p>“But the guards, at this stage, in Carrickmacross are trying to establish whether there’s any connection between that incident the previous evening and the man’s remains being found yesterday morning.”</p> <p>Gardaí are examining hotel CCTV and a post-mortem examination is being carried out today.</p> <p>Amil, another resident at the hotel, described the death as “a shock for everyone.”</p> <p>“He was new here,” he told Newstalk.</p> <p>“I talked to him just one time and he was a good man.”</p> <p>The deceased’s family members are currently being traced; he will not be named until that process is complete.<br /> </p> <p>Credit to : Newstalk</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here :
