Man in custody following death of a man at Ballyfin Demesne Hotel in Laois

Emergency services were alerted to an incident at the hotel on Tuesday evening.
Man in custody following death of a man at Ballyfin Demesne Hotel in Laois

By Jonathan McCambridge, PA

A man is being held in Garda custody, following the death of a man at a luxury hotel in Laois.

Gardaí were called to the five-star Ballyfin Demesne shortly before 8pm on Tuesday, where they discovered the body of a man in his 60s.

It is believed to have involved an assault.

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