Body found in Dublin identified as missing ESB worker

Gardaí have named the man found dead in central Dublinyesterday as Paul McQuaid, who went missing in the city centre three weeks ago.

Paul McQuaid

Paul McQuaid (25) who lived in Fairview, Dublin, was last seen in Nassau Street in the city at 12.30 a.m. on Saturday May 12th.

He went missing after a night out with friends in Judge Roy Bean's bar. He had planned to travel to his family home in Fermanagh on Sunday for a GAA match.

After his disappearance his family and colleagues launched a poster campaign to help to find him. He was working in the ESB's Information Technology department for the last three years.

The cause of death will not be made known until a hearing at Dublin Coroner's Court in the next few weeks. But preliminary post-mortem results suggest McQuaid may have fallen to his death.

His body was found in Glendenning Lane off Wicklow Street by staff of a nearby building society.