Garda Investigations Continue After Deaths in Dublin Shoplifting Incident and Artane House

An investigation is under way after a man in his 30s died after becoming unresponsive following an alleged shoplifting incident in Dublin city centre, and separate Garda inquiries were launched after a man’s body was found at a residential property in north Dublin.

In the city centre case, Gardaí said they were alerted shortly after 5pm on Friday, May 15, after security personnel detained a man on Henry Street in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident at a retail store. During the incident, a man in his 80s was injured as the suspect attempted to flee. The injured man was taken by ambulance to the Mater Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Gardaí said the detained man later became unresponsive at the scene and was also taken by ambulance to the Mater Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The scene was preserved and forensically examined. The Coroner has been notified and the Office of the State Pathologist will conduct a postmortem, with the results expected to assist Gardaí in determining the course of their investigation. The incident has been referred to Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, Gardaí said. Officers are appealing for witnesses to come...