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Cllr says Co. Leitrim shocked following death of a man last night

Jun 12, 2026 17:17
By Shannonside News
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Cllr says Co. Leitrim shocked following death of a man last night

Gardaí and emergency services were called to a house at the townland of Arderry, close to Carrigallen shortly after 9 o'clock last night.

The man who died in an incident in county Leitrim is understood to be from eastern Europe. Gardaí and emergency services were called to a house at the townland of Arderry, close to Carrigallen shortly after 9 o'clock last night, where a man in his 40s was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A man in his 30s was subsequently arrested, he is in custody at a Garda station in county Leitrim. The scene remains preserved for a technical examination, while investigating Gardaí continue to piece together the circumstances surrounding the man's death. Local Cllr Róisín Kenny says the area been numbed by the news:

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