Superintendent John Healy said Joseph Deacy, 21, had been assaulted before he was found with head injuries PAUL MEALEYGardaí are treating the death of a British man in Mayo as murder after a post-mortem examination. Joseph Deacy, 21, from St Albans in England, had been visiting friends in Ireland. He was described by GAA teammates as having a “bright future.”He was found outside a house in Gortnasillagh, Swinford, with apparent head injuries on Saturday. He was taken by ambulance to Mayo University Hospital and then to Beaumont Hospital where he was pronounced dead on Sunday evening. Gardaí opened a murder investigation after a post-mortem by Marie Cassidy, the state pathologist.

Source: The Times August 15, 2017 23:03 UTC