close
close

Association-anemone

Bite-sized brilliance in every update

American found dead, arrested at Ballyfin Demesne Hotel in Ireland
asane

American found dead, arrested at Ballyfin Demesne Hotel in Ireland

An American citizen has been found dead at a luxury Irish hotel and another American citizen is in custody, according to Irish police.

Irish National Police and Security Service, the The Siochana Guardtold USA TODAY that the deceased American citizen was a man in his 60s. He was discovered on the floor of a bathroom in the Ballyfin Demesne Hotel in County Laois on Tuesday night and was later pronounced dead.

The bathroom where the American was discovered is in a leisure area of ​​the luxury hotel, which is about 65 miles south-west of Dublin.

ABC News reported that the two men were traveling together and Irish authorities are not looking for other suspects in the case.

Another American is arrested

Irish authorities arrested a 30-year-old American citizen at the same hotel in connection with the death. According to a police statement, the American was being held at a Garda station in the Eastern Region of Ireland.

The incident was investigated and an officer was assigned to assist the family of the deceased, authorities said.

Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Contact him at [email protected] and follow X @fern_cerv_.