A garda investigation is underway after the body of an elderly man was discovered in a chalet in the grounds of a hotel in Ballina yesterday (Thursday ).
Gardaí are investigating the discovery which was made at 11am yesterday at the Downhill House Hotel.
The man was a former employee of the hotel and believed to be in his seventies.
A post mortem of the body is being carried out this afternoon (Friday ) at Mayo General Hospital by State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy.
The scene around the chalet has been preserved for a full technical examination.
