ABC News November 13, 2024

American citizen found dead at luxury hotel in Ireland

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An American citizen has been found dead at a luxury hotel in Ireland, police said.

The unnamed U.S. national -- who was in his 60s -- was discovered unconscious on a bathroom floor in Ballyfin Demesne Hotel in County Laois, some 65 miles southwest of Dublin, on Tuesday evening and was later pronounced dead, according to a statement from Ireland’s national police and security service, Garda Siochana.

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The Gardaí arrested a U.S. national in his 30’s at the hotel in connection to the death and he is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a Garda station in the Eastern Region.

Emergency services were called to the hotel and discovered the victim’s body in a bathroom in a leisure area of the upmarket hotel.

The two men had been travelling together and authorities are not looking for any other suspects at this time in the case.

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Gardaí are investigating "all the circumstances surrounding the death of a man at a hotel in north County Laois on Tuesday evening,” a spokesperson confirmed.

The hotel is one of Ireland’s most exclusive accommodation options, with celebrities, like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West who stayed there as part of their five-day Irish honeymoon in 2014, regularly staying in the luxury hotel.

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A Senior Investigating Officer has been appointed to lead the investigation and an incident room has been established at Portlaoise Garda Station. A Family Liaison Officer will be appointed to support the family of the deceased.

Investigations are ongoing.