Overview
- Emergency services attended a house on Church Street and a woman in her 50s was pronounced dead shortly after 12:30pm on Sunday.
- A man in his 70s was arrested at the scene and is being held at Portlaoise Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
- The scene has been preserved for technical examination and the State Pathologist has been notified ahead of a post-mortem.
- A Senior Investigating Officer has been appointed and an incident room has been set up at Portlaoise Garda station to co-ordinate inquiries.
- Gardaí have appealed for witnesses and for CCTV or dashcam footage from Church Street between 11:00am and 1:00pm on July 5 and asked people to contact Portlaoise Garda Station or the Garda Confidential Line.