An investigation has been launched, and a man arrested, following another man's death in Co. Leitrim.The incident occurred just after 9pm last night.
Gardai say shortly after 9pm, officers from the Sligo Leitrim Crime Functional Area responded to reports of an incident at a home in Arderry, near the Cavan border, where a man in his 40s was found unresponsive.
He was treated at the scene by emergency services personnel but pronounced dead a short time later.
A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and is currently being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a Garda Station in Leitrim.
A Senior Investigating Officer has been appointed and both the local Coroner and the Office of the State Pathologist have been notified.
The body of the deceased remains at the scene, which is being preserved for examination by the Garda Technical Bureau.
Investigations are ongoing.
