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Man dies at bull-running festival

A man has died after falling from a wall during the first day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain's most famous bull-running festival.

The man was not carrying any identity documents but police say they found a bank card that had been issued in Ireland on the man's body.

Police said they were investigating what caused the man to fall from an ancient wall that circles the historic centre of the north-eastern town.

He had been dead for several hours before his body was found, public radio RNE reported, adding that the authorities want to speak to his travelling companion.

In the bull-run itself, 89 people suffered minor injuries. Five had to be taken to hospital.

The festival features a range of concerts, street parties and  dances as well as bullfights and the running of the bulls when six  bulls are released in the narrow, cobbled streets of the old town.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a man died at the festival.

They are currently involved in trying to indentify the man and establish his nationality.