{"id":665627,"date":"2026-10-26T07:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665627\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T07:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:24:14","slug":"foul-play-ruled-out-in-death-of-man-at-rented-house-in-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665627\/","title":{"rendered":"Foul play ruled out in death of man at rented house in Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed have concluded an examination of a house near Crookstown in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/cork-news\/\">Cork<\/a> after a 35-year-old man was found unresponsive in the early hours of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The man&#8217;s death was initially described as &#8216;unexplained&#8217;, but it is now understood that foul play is not suspected to be a factor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A garda spokesperson said: &#8220;The results of the examination are not being released for operational reasons. A file will now be prepared for the coroner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Garda\u00ed received calls to the scene at the rented house at Farran, on the N22 Cork to Macroom Road, shortly after 3.20am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The man was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. It is believed the man, who was originally from Dunmanway, had head injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The scene was preserved for forensic examination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Office of the State Pathologist and the local coroner were notified, with a post-mortem examination taking place later today in Cork University Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It comes just days after garda\u00ed ruled out foul play following the discovery of the body of Jack O\u2019Donovan, a man in his 20s, at a golf course in Macroom, Co Cork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr O\u2019Donovan, from Dan Corkery Place in the town, was found by a walker at around 9.30am on Friday, October 23, and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">An autopsy has been carried out, but the results are also not being released for operational reasons. A file will now be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed have concluded an examination of a house near Crookstown in Cork after a 35-year-old man was found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[79,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-665627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}