A 51-year-old man has died of injuries in hospital following an interaction with gardai.
His death is being investigated by Fiosrú, the police ombudsman, which has instigated a criminal investigation into the incident under powers granted to it by legislation passed last year.
Fiosrú has been liaising with the Dublin City Coroner and the Office of the State Pathologist in relation to a postmortem.
The man became involved in an incident with the garda outside the Holiday Inn on O’Connell Street last Friday.
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The incident, which occurred at around 4.15am on Friday, was captured on CCTV.
The exact nature of the interaction is not clear.
It is understood gardaí observed the man in what they believed was a highly intoxicated state, and while interacting with him, he fell to the ground and struck his head.
The Garda is legally required to report any incident involving death or serious injury to the ombudsman if it occurred following an interaction with a member of the force.
A referral to the ombudsman does not necessarily mean a garda is accused of wrongdoing.
Fiosrú, formerly known as the An Garda Síochána Ombudsman (Gsoc), said it wanted to hear from anyone who was near the Holiday Inn on O’Connell Street at about 4.15am on Friday.
That includes passing vehicles and taxis that may have dashcam or mobile phone footage from the area.
One of the ombudsman’s on call investigators attended the scene.
Fiosrú issued a statement thanking members of the public for providing information on the incident and added: “It is vital to the investigation that any persons who witnessed this serious incident contact Fiosrú.”
