Gardaí have begun an investigation following the discovery of a man’s body at Macroom Golf Club in Co Cork.
The body of the man, understood to have been in his late 20s and from the town, was found on the golf course, west of the town, at 9.30am by a man out walking.
Emergency services were alerted and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gardaí have cordoned off the area and the body remains at the scene pending the arrival of a pathologist.
Gardaí said it was too early to know whether the man was the victim of foul play but said they will be guided by the findings of a postmortem.
The area where the man’s body was found is just behind Macroom GAA grounds and about 500m from the centre of town.
Gardaí have begun inquiries to try to establish when the dead man was last seen alive and have also begun harvesting CCTV from around Macroom town centre.
A senior investigation officer has been appointed to lead the investigation and a family liaison officer has also been named.
Gardaí have appealed for anyone with any information to contact them and asked any motorists with dashcam footage of the area from around the time of the discovery of the man’s body to make it available
They say they want to hear from anyone who noticed anything unusual around Macroom Golf Club, Macroom GAA Club or the town centre between 6pm on Thursday and 9.30am on Friday to contact them at Macroom Garda station on 026-20590.