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Man who was sleeping rough in Ranelagh dies after being found unresponsive

The man was found earlier today and passed away in nearby St Vincent’s Hospital.

Updated at 8.45pm

A MAN WHO was sleeping rough in the Ranelagh area of south Dublin has died, after earlier being found unresponsive and brought to hospital.

The man, aged in his late 50s, died in St Vincent’s Hospital, a Garda spokesperson confirmed.

The spokesperson confirmed the force was investigating the man’s death.

The man, who was known to homeless services, is believed to have been sleeping in a tent near Gonzaga College secondary school in the south Dublin suburb.

A spokesperson for the Peter McVerry Trust said the charity had received a report about the death and that it was understood the man had been staying in the area for some time.

An outreach team from a different charity are believed to have given the man a sleeping bag last night.

Groups of rough sleepers have camped out in tents at a number of locations across Ranelagh and Milltown in recent years – particularly along the green areas along the banks of the Dodder river.

The latest audit of rough sleepers in the Dublin region – carried out on 7 November – found there were 184 people bedding down in streets, doorways and green areas.

That figure represents the highest on record since the official count began in 2007. It is also double the figure seen during the winter of 2015.

- With reporting from Cormac Fitzgerald 

Read: ‘Perhaps that wasn’t the question’: Taoiseach may have misunderstood homelessness question

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    Aug 21st 2017, 8:47 PM

    If I ear anything I will let them know.

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    Aug 21st 2017, 9:27 PM

    The victim’s new nickname is “18 Months cos he’s got an ear and a half”

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    Aug 21st 2017, 8:48 PM

    Mike Tyson filming the new Hangover movie.

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    Aug 21st 2017, 9:17 PM

    The suspect was a well-built, white man in his 30s, who is around 5ft 8in tall with short dark has, has a tattoo on his neck, and was wearing a tight t-shirt and was chewing on an ear lobe…can’t be too difficult to find.

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    Aug 21st 2017, 9:08 PM

    At least he’s still got an ear for music.

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    Aug 21st 2017, 8:47 PM
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    Aug 21st 2017, 8:56 PM

    “The dance floor scuffle” sounds dangerous.

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    Aug 21st 2017, 9:48 PM

    @SteveW: “strictly” after dark

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    Aug 21st 2017, 9:12 PM

    Bud, belfastian nordie, lend me your ear

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    Aug 21st 2017, 8:56 PM

    Dolph Lundgren in Universal Soldier had a fondness for ears. Often seen wearing a necklace made from them.

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    Aug 21st 2017, 10:25 PM

    Club is well known in Belfast as, “Sophie Ellis Baxter’s place”.
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    Aug 21st 2017, 11:42 PM

    @Brendan McLaughlin: v good

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    Aug 21st 2017, 10:49 PM

    If found and convicted, will he ordered to keep the peace?

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    Aug 21st 2017, 11:42 PM

    @Denis McCarthy: the piece(of ear)

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    Aug 21st 2017, 9:13 PM

    Tastes like chicken

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    Aug 21st 2017, 9:00 PM

    A dance floor scuffle? Usually a cringe worthy, mortifying dance off solves that issue, but no, someone needs to take a chunk of ear off instead of just getting a kebab like they rest of us.

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    Aug 21st 2017, 11:46 PM

    Must have been doing the haka

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    Aug 21st 2017, 11:40 PM

    Hungry devil

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