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Man released in Goatstown death probe

Goatstown - Woman found dead on Tuesday
Goatstown - Woman found dead on Tuesday

Gardaí have released without charge a man being questioned about the death of a woman in south Dublin.

The 49-year-old was questioned today about the death of 38- year-old Siobhán Kearney at her home in Goatstown.

Gardaí say a file is to be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

It is believed the victim was strangled. Her body was discovered in her bedroom in a house at Knocknashee, Goatstown on Tuesday morning last by a relative who had called to the house.

Mrs Kearney was a married mother of a three-year-old son. She was also a sister of Sunday Independent journalist Brigid McLaughlin.

She was pronounced dead at the scene; a preliminary forensic examination was carried out before her body was transferred to the Dublin city morgue.

A full post mortem examination was carried out yesterday by the State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy.