{"id":454193,"date":"2026-05-18T01:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454193\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:35:20","slug":"man-dies-after-body-recovered-from-royal-canal-in-dublin-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454193\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after body recovered from Royal Canal in Dublin city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gardai and members of Dublin Fire Brigade worked to recover the man&#8217;s body from the water but he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene<\/p>\n<p>15:38, 17 May 2026Updated 15:46, 17 May 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gardai and Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene at the Royal Canal\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Royal-canal.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Gardai and Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene at the Royal Canal\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Gardai and Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene at the Royal Canal<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has died after a body was recovered from the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/royal-canal\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Royal Canal<\/a> in the city centre on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Emergency services raced to the scene at Mayor Street Bridge shortly before 1:30pm. Gardai and members of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/dublin-fire-brigade\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Dublin Fire Brigade<\/a> worked to recover the man&#8217;s body from the water but he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The deceased man was taken to the City Morgue where a post-mortem will be carried out. Gardai said the results of the post-mortem will determine the course of the investigation. It&#8217;s understood foul play is not suspected at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/an-garda-siochana\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Garda<\/a> spokesman told <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/dublin\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Dublin<\/a> Live: &#8220;Garda\u00ed and emergency services were alerted shortly before 1:30pm following the discovery of the body of an adult male in the Royal Canal at Mayor Street Bridge, Dublin, on 17th May 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;He was removed from the water and pronounced deceased at the scene. 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