Dublin City councillor Anthony Flynn has died suddenly.
Mr Flynn's body was found at a house in East Wall in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon.
Flynn founded the housing charity Inner City Helping Homeless in Dublin city centre in 2013.
Gardai are investigating all circumstances surrounding the death of the well-known politician.
A post-mortem is due to take place in the coming days.
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