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Updated 6.40pm
A 50-YEAR-old woman arrested in connection with the death of an elderly man in Co Wexford has been released from custody.
The gardaí said tonight that “a file will be prepared for the information of the Director of Public Prosecutions”.
The body of Walter ‘Wallie’ Plunkett, 84, was found outside his home in Ballyedmond near Enniscorthy yesterday morning.
A post mortem examination carried out at Waterford Regional Hospital yesterday has established that the cause of death was asphyxiation.
The woman was arrested at the scene in connection with the investigation and is currently detained at Enniscorthy Garda Station where she continues to be questioned.
RTÉ reports this morning that Gardaí are not seeking anyone else in connection with the death.
- Additional reporting Aoife Barry
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Niall have some empathy for this mans family, he suffered a horrific death, RIP, my thoughts are with his family at this sad time :(
Sorry ‘bad’ taste!
A surreal and terrible way to die.
Pure Evil , Rip . . . :-(
sorry man dont get it!! how can she be released and detained at the same time??
Is that necessary Niall?rip walter
It is awful. but his daughter told the newspapers all about it. Is that not worse!
Niall, Love a laugh, but that remark was really really taste!
They removed my comment! :( now that’s censorship! All of you hop off your bloody morality pedestal and realise this mans death is no more or less significant than any other death that is regularly joked about!
Strangely enough most people don’t find the death of a person funny… you idiot Neil!
Have to agree with Niall. . .There must be respect for the family but it IS an unusual story and one which if it happened abroad would be joked about. The “pure evil” comment is really funny, though. Down with this sort of thing!
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