Gardai are investigating the death of a woman in Co. Meath.
She was found unresponsive at a house in Athboy overnight.
A man has been arrested.
The national ambulance service was called to a house in the Rathmore area of Athboy in Co. Meath in the early hours of this morning after a call alerting them to a woman in an unresponsive state.
The woman in her 20's was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gardai from Kells were called in and say they're now investigating all of the circumstances of what they've described as a 'fatal assault'.
A man aged in his 30's was arrested at a different location and is now being held under section 4 of the criminal justice act at Ashbourne garda station.
The woman's body remains at the scene and the office of the state pathologist has been called in to conduct an initial post mortem.
A senior investigating officer has now been assigned and an incident room has been set up at Kells garda station while enquiries are ongoing.
"Unresponsive"
A garda spokesperson says: "Gardaí at Kells are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the fatal assault of a woman in her 20s in Athboy, Co. Meath, Friday the 12th of August 2022.
"Gardaí responded to a call of an unresponsive woman in a house in the Rathmore area of Athboy in the early hours of this morning. National Ambulance Service personnel also attended the scene and the woman was declared deceased at the scene. Her body remains at the scene, which is currently preserved for forensic and technical examination.
"The office of the State Pathologist and the Garda Technical Bureau have been notified and a post-mortem examination will be arranged.
"A man aged in his 30s was later arrested at a different location and is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, in Ashbourne Garda Station.
"A Senior Investigating Officer has been appointed and an incident room has been established at Kells Garda Station.
"Enquiries are ongoing."
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