Gardai have urged the public not to share "disrespectful images" of a man's body that was found in Balbriggan.
The body was discovered on Bower Beach on Thursday and officers are "currently following a number of definite lines of enquiry". Gardai are also making efforts to contact the family members of the deceased.
A garda spokeswoman appealed to the public not to share images of the man's body that have been circulating on social media. She said: "An Garda Siochana is aware of certain images of the deceased male on the beach being circulated on social media messaging apps.
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"An Garda Siochana is appealing to the public not to share these images. The circulation of such images is not only disrespectful to the family of the deceased but is also unhelpful to the Garda investigation."
The spokeswoman added that An Garda Siochana is not in a position to provide further details at this time.
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