A young homeless man tragically died this morning when his body was discovered after he had apparently been sleeping rough outside the Civic Offices in Dublin City Centre.
The man, whose age is currently unknown, was pronounced dead at the scene after Gardai and emergency services rushed to the Wood Quay area at around 7am on Tuesday morning.
The body of the man was removed to Dublin City Morgue where a post-mortem is due to take place.
Gardai told Dublin Live that they are continuing to investigate "all circumstances surrounding the unexplained death" with the post-mortem determining the course of the investigation.
Head of Communications for Inner City Helping Homeless Brian McLoughlin said that this was yet another tragic death on the streets of Ireland that happened close to an overnight hostel.
He told Dublin Live: "The victim is believed to be a male in his late 20s/early 30s and had engaged in homeless services previously.
"Efforts are now being made to track down the man's family first before any more information is released about him."
He continued: "On behalf of everyone in ICHH we want to offer our deepest sympathies to the man, his family and friends.
"Deaths on our streets are becoming too frequent and we cannot become immune to deaths of homeless people who need safe and secure accommodation with proper wrap around supports.
"These deaths cannot be allowed to become normalised, every human life counts. Many people living on the streets also develop underlying health issues so we have grave concerns for adults and children that are homeless as coronavirus takes a grip on the country."
He added: "Many emergency accommodation units have high numbers of people sharing one room and in family emergency accommodation, there are shared cooking and cleaning facilities which is hugely concerning.
"We need to see any newly formed government to treat homelessness as the national emergency that it is and we need Eoghan Murphy and the DRHE to share plans to keep homeless people safe at all times."
Speaking about the tragic death, a spokesman told Dublin Live: Gardaí are investigating all circumstances surrounding the unexplained death of a male (age unknown) which was discovered on Wood Quay, Dublin 8 this morning, 10th March 2020 at approximately 7am."
He added: "Following attendance of Gardaí and Ambulance service, the male was pronounced dead at the scene.
"The body of the man was removed to Dublin City Morgue where a post-mortem is due to take place and the results of which will determine the course of the Garda investigation."
